Novak Djokovic secures beautiful US Open title for twenty fourth Grand Slam
N
ovak Djokovic emerged from an exhilarating and exhausting US Open closing with a twenty fourth Grand Slam title on Sunday night time, utilizing each ounce of his power and a few serve-and-volley guile to get previous Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a match that was extra intently contested than the straight-set rating indicated.
Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, moved one main singles title in entrance of Serena Williams to turn into the primary participant to win 24 within the Open period, which started in 1968.
Margaret Court additionally collected a complete of 24, however 13 of these got here earlier than professionals had been admitted to the Slam occasions.
There had been moments, notably within the one-hour, 44-minute second set that was as a lot about tenacity as expertise, when Djokovic gave the impression to be faltering. After a number of the most grueling factors — and there have been many — he would lean over with arms on knees or use his racket for help or pause to stretch his legs.
This triumph in opposition to Medvedev, the opponent who beat him within the 2021 closing at Flushing Meadows to cease a bid for the primary calendar-year Grand Slam in additional than a half-century, made Djokovic the oldest male champion on the U.S. Open within the Open period.