Daniil Medvedev after defeating Serb Novak Djokovic in the finals of the US Open men’s singles final on Sunday (12), or early hours of Monday in Sri Lanka, to a score of 6-4, 6-4, 6-4[/caption]
Daniil Medvedev defeated Serb Novak Djokovic in the finals of the US Open tennis championships’ men’s singles final on Sunday, or early hours of Monday in Sri Lanka.
The 25-year old Russian won with the score of 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Medvedev is rated as world no. 2 in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings list and he is the winner of 12 ATP tournaments. He played in the Grand Slam final for the third time and won for the first time, said TASS of Russia yesterday (13).
Only two men have done it before
Earlier, the Russian reached two Grand Slam finals; 2019 US Open and 2021 Australian Open.
In 2019, Medvedev lost in the final of the US Open to the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, in February of this year he lost to Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open.
Djokovic won three previous Grand Slam tournaments in 2021. In case of victory at the US Open, the Serb could have become the third winner of all four Grand Slam tournaments in men’s singles in the history of tennis in one season.
‘Every match was different’
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In a rare moment, Djokovic was seen crying in his seat, moments before his loss against Medvedev in the key match on Sunday. ‘Djoker’ had already dashed his racket into pieces earlier in the game in sheer frustration[/caption]
In personal confrontation, the score of meetings was 5:4 in favor of the Serb. In the last six matches, Djokovic won twice.
“Every match was different just because (Djokovic’s) so good that every match is different. He changes his tactics, he changes his approach. Was he at his best? Maybe not today. He had a lot of pressure,” Medvedev said as quoted by ESPN.
Astonishing 27-0 record this year
“I had a lot of pressure, too, about the risk on the second serve, it was because of the confidence I had. I knew I cannot give him easy serves because that’s what he likes. So that was the plan. Because of the confidence in a lot of tight moments, I managed to do it well,” the winner said.
“Knowing that I beat somebody who was 27-0 in a year in Grand Slams ... he was going for huge history, and knowing that I managed to stop him, it definitely makes it sweeter and brings me confidence for what is to come on hard courts so far, but let’s see about other surfaces,” he said.