Google+ trends: Dallas Cowboys, Roger Federer

In their opening game of the NFL season, the Dallas Cowboys, ranked 20th, beat the top-ranked New York Giants 24-17 in a surprise victory. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo was highly praised after throwing three touchdown passes in Wednesday night's game after a New Year's Day defeat that cost the Cowboys the NFC East title and pushed the Giants to the NFL championship.

Fans of the Dallas Cowboys are sharing news reports of their team's victory on Google+ under the hashtag #CowboysNation.

Sports, this time tennis, also account for today's fourth-placed Google+ trending topic "Roger Federer." The world number one crashed out of the US Open on Wednesday night after being beaten 7-6 (7-1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 by sixth-ranked Tomas Berdych. Berdych also defeated Federer two years ago in the Wimbeldon quarter final before going on to lose against Rafael Nadal.

The top 5 most talked about topics on Google+ on September 6 at 9:25 AM GMT are: 

01. #CowboysNation
02. Bill Clinton
03. #Beautiful
04. Roger Federer
05. Syria