He may have taken down the world’s best in Novak Djokovic to win the US Open, but did Stan Wawrinka have what it takes to beat Jimmy Fallon at a game of Wii Tennis in New York on Monday?

The Swiss was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon after capturing his third Grand Slam championship at Flushing Meadows on Sunday evening. It was part of a wider media tour through New York City, which saw Wawrinka also visit ‘Live With Kelly’, Charlie Rose and Yahoo! Sports.

Stan Wawrinka reigned at the US Open, lifting his third Grand Slam trophy at Flushing Meadows after beating Novak Djokovic in four sets on Sunday.

Here’s what players and others had to say about his achievement in New York City:

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— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) September 12, 2016

Congrats @stanwawrinka and @DjokerNole, it was a great @usopen final!! Stan, great champion!!

— Juan M. del Potro (@delpotrojuan) September 12, 2016

Huge performance from @stanwawrinka – he knows how to raise his game for the big ones! The level at the top of the game is #insane

— Jamie Murray (@jamie_murray) September 12, 2016

Congrats to all at the @usopen Well played my mate @DjokerNole and to the new champion @stanwawrinka amazing effort pic.twitter.com/A49F3MIL4O

— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) September 12, 2016

Big congratulations to @stanwawrinka. So good against Novak. Beautiful to watch. Can beat anyone and does so with style today. #USOpen

— Pat Cash (@TheRealPatCash) September 12, 2016

Stan the man, just brings the big game when it really matters. Congrats @stanwawrinka @usopen #Clutch

— Rohan Bopanna (@rohanbopanna) September 12, 2016

Incredible @stanwawrinka! Congratulations on a great tournament, another major championship & solidifying your place in tennis history!

— Kevin Anderson (@kevinanderson18) September 12, 2016

Well done @stanwawrinka ???? @DjokerNole for this amazing final @usopen #StanTheMan, you are a great #Champion #NYC #Tennis #USA #USOpen

— Nicolas Kiefer (@Nicolas_Kiefer) September 12, 2016

Congratulations @stanwawrinka unbelievable two weeks. From down match point to @usopen champion. 3-0 in finals. Big match player

— James Blake (@JRBlake) September 12, 2016

Unreal @stanwawrinka congratulations. Epic physical performance, done it again impressive @usopen #USOpen

— Matt Ebden (@mattebden) September 12, 2016

Chapeau @stanwawrinka ??? #BigMatchPlayer

— Daniel Vallverdu (@danielvallverdu) September 12, 2016

Might have been the best Grand Slam Final I can remember watching. It had EVERYTHING #USOpen2016

— Christopher Eubanks (@chris_eubanks96) September 12, 2016

As for the US Open champion, his reaction was:

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— Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka) September 12, 2016

It’s called “the city that never sleeps” and it seems New York’s motto may also apply to newly crowned US Open champions! Just hours after defeating Novak Djokovic to hoist his third Grand Slam title, Stan Wawrinka was refreshed and ready for an appearance on the morning show “Live With Kelly”. The Swiss met backstage with legendary actress Sophia Loren and actor Patrick Dempsey before chatting with hosts Kelly Ripa and Chris Harrison.

That’s a wrap on @LiveKelly for @stanwawrinka, with hosts @KellyRipa & @chrisbharrison. #usopen pic.twitter.com/L8ugcJQg9G

— ATP Media Info (@ATPMediaInfo) September 12, 2016

Watch Wawrinka’s appearance (36:23 mark):

Next stop was Rockefeller Center for a round table with press before posing with his new trophy at the Top of the Rock Observation Deck, the quintessential city skyline as his backdrop. Legend Rod Laver was also there to greet Wawrinka after his win.

.@usopen champion @stanwawrinka and legend Rod Laver together on a perfect morning in NYC. #usopen #ATP pic.twitter.com/bAIoFvGf9n

— ATP Media Info (@ATPMediaInfo) September 12, 2016

After a chat with Pat Cash on the streets of New York City, it was off to NBC Studios for an appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon”. Next, the Swiss stopped for a chat with Charlie Rose before his final stop, at Yahoo! Sports.

After a stunning run at the US Open, showman Gael Monfils is right in the mix to bring his must-watch game to the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals from 13-20 November at The O2 in London.

Monfils is bidding to join Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and US Open champion Stan Wawrinka, who have already booked their places in London.

The Frenchman is bidding to qualify for the year-end championships for the first time and surged to sixth in the Emirates ATP Race To London after reaching the semi-finals in New York. Monfils did not drop a set through the first five rounds as he advanced to his first Grand Slam semi-final since 2008, before his run was ended by World No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

His showing at the US Open marked the end of a big summer for Monfils, who won the biggest title of his career at the Citi Open in Washington (d. Karlovic), an ATP World Tour 500 hard-court tournament, and reached the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup in Toronto (l. to Djokovic).

The current Top 8 is looking increasingly steady as the countdown begins to the season finale, with the Emirates ATP Race To London reaching its climax at the end of the regular season in Paris, where there are 1000 points on the line at the BNP Paribas Masters.

Canada’s Milos Raonic suffered a disappointing US Open as he fell in the second round to Ryan Harrison, but the Wimbledon finalist is next in line to qualify for the prestigious event at The O2, as he currently sits in fourth spot in the year-to-date standings. Raonic is looking to return to London for the first time since his debut in 2014.

Japan’s Kei Nishikori solidified his position in the Top 5 in the race with a run to the semi-finals in New York, where he was beaten by Wawrinka. Dominic Thiem and Rafael Nadal round out the current Top 8, with eighth-placed Nadal enjoying a 670-point cushion over Tomas Berdych, who was forced to miss the US Open due to appendicitis.

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Four spots remain in the eight-team doubles field at The O2, after US Open champions Jamie Murray and Bruno Soares, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, and Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez all qualified during the fortnight in New York. They joined World No. 1 duo and Wimbledon champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut, who are set to return after their debut last year.

Fourth-placed Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo are next in line to qualify, followed by would-be-team-debutantes Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi in sixth position and Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in seventh spot. John Peers, who played alongside Murray at The O2 last year, is on course for a return visit alongside new partner, Henri Kontinen, with the Australian/Finnish duo currently eighth in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London.

Last year’s champions Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau currently sit just outside the qualification cut-off at ninth in the race, but are only 30 points behind Kontinen and Peers.

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The ATP World Tour resumes on Monday 19 September with ATP World Tour 250 tournaments in Metz and St. Petersburg. Then follows a three-week tour of Asia, with 250s in Chengdu and Shenzhen, 500s in Beijing and Tokyo and the eighth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the year in Shanghai. 

US Open champion and World No. 3 Stan Wawrinka will make his fourth successive appearance at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals after becoming the third player to qualify for the prestigious season-ending tournament, to be held from 13-20 November at The O2 in London.

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The Swiss booked his ticket to London after capturing his third Grand Slam championship at the US Open in New York on Sunday, with victory over World No. 1 Novak Djokovic. The 31-year-old Wawrinka won his first major title at the 2014 Australian Open (d. Nadal) before beating the Serbian in the 2015 Roland Garros final.

Wawrinka has reached the semi-finals on all three of his previous visits to The O2, falling to Djokovic in 2013 and countryman Roger Federer in 2014-15. He has a 6-6 event record.

“At the beginning of the season, it is always my goal to be in the Top 8 and qualify for London,” said Wawrinka. “It is great to be able to secure a spot once again this year after a fantastic two weeks in New York. I look forward to returning to The O2, I love playing there.”

Victory at Flushing Meadows marked Wawrinka’s fourth tour-level title of the season. The right-hander began his campaign by lifting the trophy at the Aircel Chennai Open (d. Coric) and was victorious again the following month at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships (d. Baghdatis). A strong finish to the spring clay-court swing saw Wawrinka triumph on home soil at the Banque Eric Sturdza Geneva Open (d. Cilic) before reaching the Roland Garros semi-finals (l. to Murray).

The Barclays ATP World Tour Finals has welcomed more than 1.8 million fans to The O2 arena over the past seven years, establishing itself as the biggest indoor tennis tournament in the world since moving to London in 2009. A record 102 million broadcast viewers also tuned in across the eight days of competition in 2015. The ATP announced last year that the event would remain at The O2 through to 2018. Tickets can be purchased at: www.BarclaysATPWorldTourFinals.com.

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Back on his beloved clay, Nicolas Almagro made another deep run on the red dirt this past week as he continues his resurgence in 2016.

Competing at the $125,000 ATP Challenger Tour event in Genova, Italy, Almagro stormed through to the final as the top seed. Although he lost the championship match on Sunday to Jerzy Janowicz, the Spaniard had only positive things to say about the tournament, particularly since he was given a wild card as a late entrant.

“The tournament director waited for me until the last second from the US Open, so I was really happy to play here,” said Almagro. “Genova is a beautiful city. The hotel is amazing and the people around here are very kind and helpful.”

Almagro has climbed back into the Top 50 of the Emirates ATP Rankings this year after impressive results including winning the Millennium Estoril Open in May and finishing as runner-up at the Argentina Open. But despite his ATP World Tour success, he still sees plenty of value in playing high-level Challenger events.

“To me, this is one of the most important Challengers in the world. There are many great players who play here,” said Almagro. “I can say that this tournament in Genova is quite similar to an ATP World Tour 250 event because there are a lot of fans here to watch and the supporters are amazing.”

With minimal points to defend during the fall season, Almagro believes he is playing the type of tennis that could even get him into seeding contention for the Australian Open.

“I want to finish the year inside the Top 35,” said Almagro. “I want to try and play in great tournaments where I feel good on the court, so it was very important for me to play here in Genova.”