Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah became the first Colombians to win the U.S. Open men's doubles title on Friday, easing past Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos 6-4 7-5 to underscore their status as tennis's dominant partnership.

Just weeks after becoming the first Colombians to win a Grand Slam doubles title with an epic five-set victory at Wimbledon, Cabal and Farah were celebrating again after handing the Spanish/Argentine duo their first ever defeat.

It took Cabal and Farah just 91 minutes under the closed roof of Arthur Ashe Stadium to get their hands on the trophy.

"We are very happy to represent our country the way that we are doing it."

Playing in their 400th match together, the top-ranked Colombians had a huge edge in experience over Granollers and Zeballos, who were teaming up for just their second event.

Just a few hours later, Rafael Nadal, an 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, advanced to his fifth U.S. Open final and 27^th career Grand Slam Final on Friday by battling past Italy's Matteo Berrettini 7-6 (8/6), 6-4, 6-1.

The 33-year-old Spaniard will play for his fourth U.S. Open crown on Sunday at Arthur Ashe Stadium against Russian fifth seed Daniil Medvedev, who reached his first Grand Slam final by defeating Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-3.

"It means a lot to be back where I am today after some tough moments at the beginning of the season," said Nadal, who battled a right hip injury early in the year. A victory Sunday would put the world number two Nadal only one win shy of Roger Federer's record men's total of 20 Grand Slam titles.

Medvedev, in his first Grand Slam final at 23, has gone 20-2 in the past six weeks with runner-up efforts in Washington and Canada, a title in Cincinnati and a breakthrough U.S. Open run.  

Medvedev is the first Russian in a Grand Slam final since Marat Safin won the 2005 Australian Open title and the first Russian to reach the U.S. Open final since Safin won the 2000 crown. At 23, Medvedev is just the third men's Grand Slam finalist born in the 1990s after Canada's Milos Raonic and Austria's Dominic Thiem.

(With input from AFP, Reuters)

(Cover image from VCG)