Hello and welcome to LIVE coverage from the men's US Open final between world number one Rafael Nadal and third seed Novak Djokovic

So there you have it. It's 24 hours later than it should have been but finally we have our two champions - Kim Clijsters and tonight Rafael Nadal.

A great reach on the forehand from Nadal ends the match when Djokovic a cross court backhand wide across court

WINNER! THERE IT IS. NADAL HAS COMPLETED HIS CAREER GRAND SLAM.

Djokovic comes up with a brilliant drop shot although he is helped massively by the net as the ball catches the top of the tape and lands just an inch over the other side beating even Nadal for pace. But the Spaniard goes on to earn himself a first CHAMPIONSHIP POINT with a forehand passing shot winner that just catches the outside of the baseline (confirmed by Djokovic's hawkete challenge) ..

Djokovic holds from 30-30 with another beauty of a backhand stop volley that Nadal does not even try to chase down. That's a confidence building hold for Djokovic and will see him go out on a high note if Nadal manages to serve out this championship. Which he will attempt to do after the chance of ends

Djokovic is handed a break back point but he squanders it with a forehand long of the baseline and he even goes on to save a game point with a gorgeous forehand stop volley that goes for the perfect drop shot. But a magnificent backhand passing shot winner from Nadal on the run and crouched down low sets up another game point and this time he takes it when Djokovic sends a return wide across court. Djokovic will serve to stay in this match

BREAK! A huge double fault from Djokovic, the second serve catching the top of the tape and bouncing well long. The Serb saves the first with some length hitting that Nadal can only return long. But Nadal does grab the second one when another tired-looking forehand from Djokovic goes straight into the net

Nadal races through another service holds, slamming down another ace - that's his eighth of the match. This could be over very quickly from now if he keeps serving like that

BREAK! Djokovic is again forced to save break points - the first of which he does save with another ferocious forehand down the line that Nadal can only return into the net. But a Djokovic forehand catches the top of the tape on the second and that carries the ball long handing Nadal the break. That could be it.

Nadal races through a service hold to keep all the pressure on Djokovic. He came back from two sets to one down against Federer in the semis remember, but can he do it two matches in a row?

Nadal senses blood in the water now as he opens the fourth set with a perfectly judged lob that neats Djokovic completely. And he goes on to earn himself a break point when the Serb sends a backhand long. But Djokovic saves it with an unreturnable serve out wide before going on to hold with back-to-back forehand winners

SET! Djokovic is hitting freely again now as he gets himself out to a 15-30 lead by targetting Nadal's backhand and enoying the results when the shot breaks down. A fantastic unreturnable serve out wide sees the Spaniard level up at 30-30, an ace out wide on the next point brings up a first set point. And another cracking serve, once again out wide, seals the set for Nadal. Unbelievable from the Spaniard

Much, much better from Djokovic (maybe as he's let the pressure of the set go thinking it's already lost to him). He holds with ease to sling all the pressure back over the net at Nadal, who will serve to go two sets to one up after the change of ends

More terrific serving from Nadal as he comes up with an unreturnable out wide to earn himself a game point. Although, a double fault on the very next point does ruin it slightly but he quickly recovers with another cracking serve and that seals the hold that leaves Djokovic serving to stay in this third set

A double fault from Djokovic hands Nadal a fourth chance to break and once again the Serb comes up with a last-ditch off-forehand winner slung across court almost dismissively. Nadal squanders a fifth chance with a backhand long down the line and eventually Djokovic goes on to hold when a cross court Nadal backhand ends up in the net

A tired looking forehand from Djokovic into the net to hand Nadal two more break points. But out of nowhere Djokovic comes up with a blistering forehand winner down the line to save the first and a low forehand stop volley dinked over the net to save the second. The Serb slaps a forehand into the net to squander his own game point and drifts a backhand long to hand Nadal another break point. Again it goes begging when Rafa's backhand hits the net and bounces back on to his side of the net

Djokovic proves to be fairly solid at the net before Nadal comes up with a cracking forehand passing shot whipped across court. The Serb did have to leap up to the preceding smash but he should have done better with it than he did and Nadal duly dispatches the ball for a winner. And that seals another hold for the Spaniard

Djokovic comes up with a backhand across court but doesn't really move after hitting it and so when Nadal drills a forehand down the line there is little the Serb can do but scramble a forehand long in return. It hands NAdal another break point although again he squanders it with a backhand wide across court. And Djokovic goes on to wrap up a crucial hold when Nadal slaps a forehand into the net

Djokovic is looking pretty tired right now (although not too much can be read into that as he often looks tired and then miraculously finds more energy from somewhere) as he slaps a forehand long to hand Nadal two more break points. The first goes begging with a length backhand volley straight onto the baseline that Nadal can only hit into the net. And the second is also saved with a huge forehand down the line that Nadal returns wide

Wow! Very impressive from Nadal as he races through a love service hold to consolidate that break. He's seems to have taken it badly, losing that second set and harnessing that anger into sheer power right now