US Open 2016: Winners and Losers from the Flushing Meadows

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Published: September 12, 2016

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Stan Wawrinka is a three-time Grand Slam champion. Angelique Kerber is the new No. 1 on the WTA Tour and Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, the most dominant players in the past three years, left Flushing Meadows battered and defeated. 

Those are just a few of the winners and losers from the 2016 U.S. Open. 

Wawrinka's win capped a tournament that included Djokovic's inexplicably easy path to the final and Rafael Nadal's stunning upset. 

Some tournament low points included startling gong-like sounds that disrupted play and Gael Monfils failing miserably in an attempt to throw Djokovic off.

It was a weird one, folks. 

So who were the winners and losers? Despite his odd antics, Monfils failed to make the losers list. He was 0-12 against Djokovic going into the match. Before long he found himself down 0-5 in the first set. At that point, he'd run out of options. Of course in typical Monfils fashion, he did the unpredictable. 

His bizarre plan B was perplexing, but not in this biggest losers category. The losers on this list serve as the flip side to designated winners. For instance, Kerber is the ultimate winner, grabbing the No. 1 ranking and a second Slam title in one week. On the flip side, Williams would have to register as a loser, missing out on a chance to surpass Steffi Graf on two all-time records.

Just because players lost their last match, doesn't mean they fall on the losers list. Karolina Pliskova trounced 18-year-old Ana Konjuh 6-2, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. But the unseeded Konjuh upset No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska. Konjuh moves up 40 spots to a career-high No. 52. She probably left Flushing Meadows feeling like a winner. 

So where would that leave Pliskova or Djokovic? Are they winners or losers? The following are the biggest winners and losers from the 2016 U.S. Open.

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