US Open 2021: Medvedev sneaks into Djokovic’s party and rewrites history in New York

Daniil Medvedev has sneaked into the middle of history and defeated this Sunday Novak Djokovic in the final of the US Open by 6-4, 6-4 and 6-4.

The Russian thus prevents the Serbian from completing the ‘Grand Slam’ in the same season, something that he had only achieved Rod Laver (1969) in the Open Era.

In the same way, the tie to twenty greats between the members of the ‘Big Three’ will be maintained. Nadal and Federer, without needing to be in New York due to injury, have also won.

Djokovic played the 1,176 game of his professional career, the most important of them all because it was at stake to be considered the best in history.

‘Nole’, who ended up crying, was fighting a parallel final with the nerves and the pressure he could feel. It was seen from the first game in which Medvedev scored the first break with a 40-15 down.

There was a world left, but it was a sign and so the winner interpreted it, who had only lost one heat on the way to the final to the Dutch Botic Van de Zandschulp. He shot the score with a 2-0 and the people woke up and decided to cheer on ‘Nole’, aware of the historical moment that they could experience live in the event of the triumph of the world number one.

The defeat in the first set was not something new for Djokovic, who had already been in tow in the previous four games. The Serbian would have three break balls in the second game below, but missed a 0-40. It’s the little details that can change a final.

Daniil, who was playing to win the first big, seemed relatively calm, especially when serving. He had given up a single point when the score was 3-1 and ended the first round with three.

Djokovic, seeing how far behind his rival was, decided to finish many plays in the net and with success. It did not serve to prevent the Russian from scoring the set.

The bench of the first favorite of the box was full. Daniil prefers to see the right people, that is, his coach Gilles Cervara, his wife Daria Medvedeva and Oliver Van Lindonk, his agent at the multinational IMG.

Novak, as far as possible, he tried to isolate himself from the noisy noise with the towel on his head in the changing chair.

The noise, against you

Novak had a fourth option to ‘break’ in the fourth game. With the point controlled from the rest, they are the megaphone and the chair umpire made the point repeat. The racket paid all its wrath after the fifth break ball that went away and for its misfortune.

It remained to check if he noticed the emotional blow. It was the first time in the two weeks of competition in which he had lost the papers. Medvedev took advantage of his opponent’s bewilderment to poke at the wound and deliver an almost definitive blow. Break Djokovic’s serve in the fifth game.

The Russian, something he almost never does, raised his fist to bring together a part of the stands that did not have a clear favorite. His would also be the second set forcing the best player on the planet to a comeback that had only achieved six times.

To find the last time It was necessary to go back to another final, that of Roland Garros 2021 with Stefanos Tsitsipas.

The Serb did not have the strength to turn around such an adverse situation. I delivered the third set on the fast track. He missed the first train to be considered the best in history. From January 17 to 30, 2022, at the Australian Open, Djokovic, Nadal and Federer start from zero because they are still tied with twenty twisted.

Credit to Medvedev, who has become the third Russian (man) able to inscribe his name in the palmars of the ‘majors’. It is the second to be crowned in New York after his compatriot Marat Safin, in 2000.

The champion begins to discuss the tyranny of the ‘Big Three’ on the big stage. 56 of the last 65 had been distributed. Including 17 of the last 18. And the one that was not his fell on the side of Dominic Thiem in the last edition of the United States Open due to the absence of Rafa and Roger and the disqualification of Novak.

Djokovic was so unhinged that he changed his shirt before the last game. There was a ‘break’, with two double faults by Medvedev with match point, but there was no miracle. Daniil ended up being booed for defeating the hero. That’s how the New York crowd spends it.