Daniil Medvedev stops Djokovic at final hurdle of calendar slam

Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev defeated world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets to win the US Open title. Daniil Medvedev has won his first Grand Slam title. Medvedev had earlier been a finalist in 2019 losing to Nadal in 5 sets.

Novak Djokovic’s dream shattered

With this defeat, the dream of winning the 21st Grand Slam of Serbia’s Novak Djokovic, the world number one player, was put on hold. If Novak Djokovic had won the US Open title, he would have become the first player to win the most singles Grand Slam among men, but Daniil Medvedev of Russia broke Djokovic’s dream. Currently, Novak Djokovic is joint first with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal winning 20 Grand Slams each.

Medvedev takes revenge on Djokovic

Djokovic lost all three sets (6-4, 6-4, 6-4). At the same time, this is the first Grand Slam title of 25-year-old Medvedev’s career, who reached the Grand Slam final for the third time. Earlier this year, he also reached the final of the Australian Open, where Novak Djokovic stopped him from winning the title. Daniil Medvedev stopped Novak Djokovic from creating history by winning the US Open title in the last Grand Slam of the year.

So close yett so far for Djokovic

Djokovic had earlier this year won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles. Had he won the US Open, he would have become the player to win all four Grand Slams in a year, that is, to win the Calendar Slam. At present, Rod Laver won the last four Grand Slam titles in a year in men. Laver had achieved this feat in 1962 and 1969. At the same time, among women, Steffi Graf made this record in her name in the year 1988.