14 Sep, 2010 @ 11:28
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Rafa Nadal completes career Grand slam

By Wendy Williams

SPANISH tennis ace Rafa Nadal has secured his place in history winning his first US Open title and becoming one of only seven men to have won all four grand slam titles in their career.

The World number one has now won the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open, after beating the Serbian player Novak Djokovic in the final on Monday.

Although Djokovic became the first in the tournament to take a set off his opponent, it was Nadal who dominated the match.

And after an interruption of an hour and 50 minutes due to rain, the match at Flushing Meadows finally ended in a 6-4 5-7 6-4 6-2 victory for the 24-year-old Spaniard.

He said: “It is more than I dreamt, just to arrive to the final was amazing and to have the trophy in my hands in a few seconds with my heart beating is going to be unbelievable.”

Jon Clarke (Publisher & Editor)

Jon Clarke is a Londoner who worked at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday as an investigative journalist before moving to Spain in 2003 where he helped set up the Olive Press.

After studying Geography at Manchester University he fell in love with Spain during a two-year stint teaching English in Madrid.

On returning to London, he studied journalism and landed his first job at the weekly Informer newspaper in Teddington, covering hundreds of stories in areas including Hounslow, Richmond and Harrow.

This led on to work at the Sunday Telegraph, Sunday Mirror, Standard and even the Sun, before he landed his first full time job at the Daily Mail.

After a year on the Newsdesk he worked as a Showbiz correspondent covering mostly music, including the rise of the Spice Girls, the rivalry between Oasis and Blur and interviewed many famous musicians such as Joe Strummer and Ray Manzarak, as well as Peter Gabriel and Bjorn from Abba on his own private island.

After a year as the News Editor at the UK’s largest-selling magazine Now, he returned to work as an investigative journalist in Features at the Mail on Sunday.

As well as tracking down Jimi Hendrix’ sole living heir in Sweden, while there he also helped lead the initial investigation into Prince Andrew’s seedy links to Jeffrey Epstein during three trips to America.

He had dozens of exclusive stories, while his travel writing took him to Jamaica, Brazil and Belarus.

He is the author of three books; Costa Killer, Dining Secrets of Andalucia and My Search for Madeleine.

Contact jon@theolivepress.es

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