Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates defeating Gael Monfils of France in the fifth set of their quarterfinal men's singles match at the 2014 US Open tennis tournament in New York, Sept 4, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.