VIDEO Premiere title for Medvedeva: Original celebration and a great gift for the anniversary – Športky.sk

NEW YORK – September 12 will be a doubly happy date for Russian tennis player Daniil Medvedev. On this day, he married in 2018 and celebrated his third wedding anniversary with his wife Daria with the premiere Grand Slam title. Immediately after the final triumph at the US Open over the Serb Novak Djokovic, he was fascinated by an unconventional celebration, when he lay down on the court and stayed with his mouth firmly open for a few seconds.

However, it was not an exhaustion after two hours and 17 minutes of fighting. “I like to play on the Playstation and it’s called a dead fish celebration. It’s from FIFA. My celebration was a combination of the L2 + left buttons that causes such a goal celebration,” revealed Medvedev.

A great anniversary gift

By triumphing at the final grand slam tournament of the season, he gave his wife the perfect anniversary gift. As he noted immediately after the match, he did not have time to look for other gifts during the tournament. He also cashed $ 2.5 million for his triumph at Flushing Meadows. “This should help with shopping,” The moderator of the closing ceremony remarked with a smile, to which Medvedev responded: “I was already worried that my wife would be angry. I wanted to win the final for her too.”

Medvedev scored the premiere triumph at the Grand Slam after winning the final as a seed two over the tournament unit Djokovic 6: 4, 6: 4, 6: 4. The leader of the ATP world rankings thus did not reach the calendar Grand Slam and did not use the chance to win the 21st grand slam title, which would break away from the Swiss Roger Federer with the Spaniard Rafael Nadal at the head of the historical tables.

Medvedev succeeded in his third grand slam final, pulling for a short finish in the opening two. He repaid Djokovic for the loss from this year’s Australian Open and adjusted the mutual balance to 4: 5. He was also in the final of the US Open in 2019, but after a five hundred drama he lost to Nadal.

He apologized and paid tribute to Djokovic

Djokovic, who won the Australian Open this year, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, shared a single victory from a unique entry into tennis history. Only Rod Laver managed to win all the Big Four events in one season in the Open Era. The legendary Australian succeeded in 1969. Laver first reached a major milestone in 1962, and in 1938 the American Don Budge won all grand slam tournaments.

“I apologize to the fans and Novak. We all know very well that there was a calendar Grand Slam and a tennis history entry in the game today. I fully understand that the New York audience cheered a little more on my opponent. For me, the best player in tennis history, you achieved I had to give my best to beat you. ” Medvedev said in his speech.

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