Record breaking machine. McEnroe: Djokovic is the best tennis player of all time – ŠPORT.sk

After a weak start, Djokovic found a recipe for a great Russian and after more than two hours of fighting he defeated him 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 3. In particular, he rewarded him for losing from the US Open final in New York, where two months ago, Medvedev interrupted his dream of a coveted calendar Grand Slam at the last minute.

“I went back to the US Open final several times and thought in my head about what I had done wrong. I focused on the details of the opponent’s game, I focused on his service, he noticed how he threw the ball and how he played after the service. It was just a question “I didn’t have to improve my own game. I also needed to play controlled aggressively and especially more variable, because it wins matches over Medvedev.” stated Novak Djokovic on the ATP Tour website.

He also confirmed his words in practice. On his terms, the 34-year-old Serb performed a brutal offensive at the net, succeeding 27 times out of 36 options and sucking a total of 38 victories. In particular, it significantly dominated the opponent in exchanges under five strokes 54 – 34. In the end, he took advantage of 5 out of 6 break opportunities, while Medvedev only three out of ten.

The final in Paris was the forty-eighth winning match between the men of Goran Ivaniševič and Marián Vajda this season (balance 48-6), at the same time for the fourteenth time he turned the unfavorable state of sets in his favor.

“Novak was set to break records in Paris. As he advanced to the finals, he broke Pete Sampras’ record in the number of seasons (7) at the end of which he was world number one. , ” wrote the diary Blic on his website.

Once upon a time, great American tennis player Patrick McEnroe went even further in praise. “Tell me all to me – Novak Djokovic is already the best male tennis protagonist of all time,” wrote the former world trio in doubles on twitter.

Even the defeated Medvedev figuratively removed his hat in front of Djokovic. “Earlier this year, the record was set at the top of the ATP leaderboard at 310, and now Novak has upgraded it to 346. He currently has 20 grand slam titles and almost won the calendar Grand Slam. In the future, new players will enter the top of the tennis industry. wikipedia to read about records and everywhere there will be the name Novak Djokovic. Only then will everyone understand what amazing things he has done, “ Medvedev said.