Being disrupted by hecklers while serving for the match only made Daniil Medvedev’s first Grand Slam title that much sweeter when it came S...
Being disrupted by hecklers while serving for the match only made Daniil Medvedev’s first Grand Slam title that much sweeter when it came Sunday at the expense of Novak Djokovic in the US Open final.
World number two Medvedev ripped top-ranked Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to deny the Serbian star the first Grand Slam sweep since 1969 and a men’s record 21st career major title.
“He definitely was not at his best. We saw him playing better,” Medvedev said. “Question is, if he would be, would I be able to cope up with him? We can never know now. I’m just happy to win.”
The breakthrough came in Medvedev’s third Slam final after losses to Rafael Nadal in the 2019 US Open final and Djokovic in February’s Australian Open final.
DANIIL MEDVEDEV: Hello, guys. Let’s make it an interesting one. I like interesting press conferences.
THE MODERATOR: I’m not going to ask you what you thought about the match. We’ll go right to the questions.
Q. Can you describe your approach to the match? Coming in it seemed like you were taking a lot of risk on your second serve.
DANIIL MEDVEDEV: First of all, we always talk tactics before the match with my coach, the day before....
