Medvedev, a spokesman for the Russian Tennis Federation (FTR), defeated Serbian tennis player Djokovic’s Grand Slam with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 victory and prevented him from reaching the record-breaking 21st Grand Slam title.
Djokovic had the opportunity to become the first tennis player in the men’s competition since 1969, who has become the winner of the “Grand Slam” of the calendar year.
Serb still has 20 Grand Slam winners in the singles match, which is the same as the other leaders in the show, Roger Federer of Switzerland and Rafael Nadal of Spain.
“Sorry, fans and Novak, because we all know what he was heading for,” Medvedev said after the victory, praising the opponent. “What you’ve done in your career … To me, you’re the greatest tennis player in history.”
2019 US Open finalist Medvedev won his first Grand Slam title in his third final, a iteration of the Australian Open Championship final.
“Congratulations to Medvedev. Great match,” Djokovic, 34, said. “If anyone deserves the Grand Slam title right now, it’s you.”
Djokovic in New York tried to become the first men’s tennis player after Australian Rhode Leiver, 52 years ago, who won all four Grand Slam tournaments in one calendar year.
The 83-year-old Australian legend Leivers had 23,700 spectators.
“Simply stunning Medvedev, you stopped one of the most outstanding tonight,” Leivers said on Twitter. “It’s always special to win your first Grand Slam title, but it’s something else to do it against a champion like Djokovic. Following your heart, Novak, the search continues.”
Djokovic remained with three US Open Championship titles and will start 2022 with rivals Federer and Nadal, both of whom did not participate in the tournament in New York due to injuries.
“Relief,” Djokovic said after the match. “I’m glad it’s over, because the preparations for this tournament and everything I had to deal with mentally, emotionally throughout the tournament over the last couple of weeks was just so much.”
Although Djokovic did not join Leiver and American Don Baja, who joined the Grand Slam in 1938, he followed Australian Jack Crawford in 1933 and Lou Hood in 1956.
became the third tennis player in history to lose that opportunity in the last match.
Djokovic broke a series of 27 Grand Slam victories, three times shorter than his own achievement in 2015 and 2016, when he won four Grand Slam tournaments in a row.
25-year-old Medvedev became the third Russian men’s tennis player to win the Grand Slam at the 1996 French Open and 1999 Australian Open and Marata Safina at the 2000 US Open and the 2005 Australian Open. title.
In the most important of Djokovic’s 1176 career matches, he made two unforced errors after blows from the comfort side, losing in the first game, serving himself. Medvedev, on the other hand, never gave the opponent a break ball in the first set.
This was the fifth match in a row in which Djokovic lost his first set.
Djokovic missed three break opportunities in the second set of the second set and another – in the fourth in frustration.
In the fifth game, Djokovic inaccurately hit the ball from the awkward side, hitting the ball high in the air, giving Medvedev a break and a 3-2 lead.
In the third set, Medvedev won the first and third games, serving the competitor and took the lead with 5-1.
In the eighth game, Medvedev made a double mistake in the game, losing the game as well, but in the tenth game he could celebrate the victory with the third match ball in two hours and 16 minutes.
The US Open, the last Grand Slam of the season, will run until September 12.
