The 24th has arrived: Novak Djokovic makes history at the US Open and becomes the tennis player with the most grand slams

Novak Djokovic never tires of making history. In his case, that of tennis. The Serbian wins the US Open for the fourth time in his career. On this occasion, he achieved this after beating Daniil Medvedev 6-3, 7-6 and 6-3. Nole also reached his 24th Grand Slam and became the athlete with the most major titles in the discipline. equaling the Australian Margaret Court, who shone in the 60s.

Djoko recovers first place in the ATP rankings. He does it after having had a match without errors. In the first set, a break was enough for him to take the advantage. It was 6-3 where he always maintained his serve, with a very solid game, making the Russian tennis player run a lot, combative, but less effective in his forehands than against Alcaraz in the semi-final.

The start of the second round mirrors what happened in the afternoon in New York. Medvedev manages to hold his serve, but works too hard for Nole not to make him a to break . The tone was therefore maintained. Of course, in this part of the game, the break did not come. When the shares were 4-3 for the Belgrade-born player, the Muscovite was on the verge of leveling the duel with the serve against him. But he didn’t succeed. In the long term, the decisive game He arrived 2 hours and 20 minutes after the start of the confrontation.

In the “mini-match”, Nole prevailed 7-5, recovering from Medvedev’s strong start and putting him on track for what would be his new championship. The third seemed to quickly turn in favor of the Serb, as in the fourth game he broke and took a 3-1 advantage. However, Medvedev surprised with his immediate response by reducing the serve to 3-2.

The 36-year-old tennis player got angry, went to his house staffupset at not having ratified his decision. But he recovered mentally in a few minutes. From the outset, it didn’t affect him that he fell on his own serve. That’s because he broke again immediately, putting the score at 4-2. and begin, now and without looking back, to pave the way to lift the trophy again in the United States.

Finally, at 6-3, he continues to expand his legend (if he still can). He had already won the North American Open in 2011, 2015 and 2018, beating Rafa Nadal, Federer and Juan Martín del Potro on these occasions. He now beats the Russian Medvedev, who had eliminated Carlos Alcaraz from the race.

Even if the debate does not die down and some put him on the same footing as Federer and Nadal, the Serb’s numbers continue to increase. In this edition of the US Open he left Alexandre Müller, Bernabé Zapata Miralles, Laslo Djere, Borna Dojo, Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton . The final against the Russian, even though it was played in three sets, lasted 3 hours and 17 minutes.