US Open: Daniil Medvedev wins the tournament and breaks the dreams of Novak Djokovic

Auteur d’un match parfait, Daniil Medvedev s’est adjugé l’US Open, en battant 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 Novak Djokovic qui n’a pas supporté le poids de l’histoire, échouant ainsi à réaliser l’exploit d’un Grand Chelem sur une année, dimanche 12 septembre 2021 à New York.

Russian world n ° 2, after two lost finals, finally won its first major tournament, preventing the Serb at the same time from establishing a new record in the matter, since it remains blocked at 20 coronations, always equal with its eternalRivaux Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

A trace in history books

At the gates of the largest feat in the open era, the world n ° 1 Novak Djokovic fails, like the Swiss and the Spaniard before him, to enlarge the decidedly very closed club of the five champions and champions to have won the Open D'Australia, Roland-Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open the same year.

Rod Laver, 83 years old and present in the stands of the court Arthur Ashe, therefore remains the last to have achieved this performance on the male side.It was in 1968 for the second time concerning him (1962), after the American pioneer Don budget in 1938.Among the ladies, we must first go back to Steffi Graf (1988), Margaret Court (1970) and Maureen Connoly (1953).

"If I get there, I will probably be somewhere in history books like having been the one who did not let him do it," said Medvedev before the match.

Medvedev's life match

He was right.Especially since Medvedev took it exceptionally, released the match in his life and demonstrating that he had held the various lessons of the two lost finals, in 2019 against Rafael Nadal after an epic fight, and in FebruaryThis year, against Djokovic in front of which he had missed out.

His third attempt, marked by an icy determination, will have been the right.Because he was first imperial in the service, often taking the risk - winning - to type his second balls with the same power as his first.The Russian thus made a first perfect set on his commitment, with six aces in particular (16 in total).

He also shone with his ability to accelerate in forehand and counterattack always at the best time.Virtually none of his choices turned out to be bad.

Djokovic under pressure

Opposite, it quickly appeared, as much through the gross errors of the Serbian as of the manifest spite which he expressed, the pressure of the context having something to liquor any champion.Even him.

In the second set, Djokovic nevertheless had the opportunity to finally break.Three times from the first game.After failing, he hit the racket several times on her right thigh and as she had not broken, he completely shattered it on the cement two games later, furious to have still missed the opportunity,leaded by yet another blank error.With a bonus warning.

The Serbian, who had put his towel on the head at the previous change on the side, never knew how to get back into the match, as he always had the capacity this year during the 27 Grand Slam victories bringing him toThis 28th match for glory.

Because Medvedev, after this brief threat, has never loosened the noose.He broke it immediately and continued to pressurize the world n ° 1 to pocket the second set and chain with four games in a row in the third.

23,000 spectators behind Medvedev

The amazement was immense on the Arthur Ashe where, for once, the public, determined to witness the story, was almost 100% behind him.The some 23,000 spectators including Leonardo DiCaprio, Spike Lee or Joakim Noah woke up when he finally broke the Russian, who suddenly became feverish after having duplicate his first match ball.

At the change of side, Novak smiled at it, hand on the heart.Warmed, but basically already inconsolable.Because opposite it was the tsar the star.Despite a new double-faut on his second match ball, he held out on the third, offered by a ball in the Djokovic net.

Almost elsewhere during the nanoseconds who followed, Medvedev dropped like a carp on the court, receiving the ovation of fans as oxygen.He deserved it because what he did, no one had done this year.

Source: © 2021 AFP

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