Djokovic denied Daniil Medvedev over three grueling sets to secure his fourth U.S. Open title.
NEW YORK — He lunged across the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium to stay loose before the last game of this tournament because it took every last bit of Novak Djokovic’s peerless mobility to do what he was doing. The 36-year-old Serb had never looked his age as much as he had throughout Sunday’s 3-hour-16-minute match with Daniil Medvedev, a Russian nine years his junior. The physical struggle was quite fitting.
It was his third major title this season, which joined 2011, 2015 and 2021 as his three-Slam years. Medvedev, 27, had played spoiler in 2021, capturing the U.S. Open when Djokovic was going for a calendar-year Grand slam, but not Sunday. This time, Djokovic held the advancing generation at bay just a little bit longer.
When he climbed down from the stands where he had gone to hug his family, Djokovic paid tribute not to tennis history but to Kobe Bryant. Djokovic has spoken of the late basketball star as an inspiration and a mentor, and when he shed his match shirt, he replaced it with one that featured Bryant’s face on the front and his jersey number on the back: 24.“I don’t know where to start. It obviously means the world to me.
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