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By HOWARD FENDRICH NEW YORK©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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The Original Wing
Can't win em all, and it's difficult to win against a player who just didn't miss. Amazing win and tournament by Medvedev - he's a fantastic player. Nole - it's a shame, but it doesn't take away anything from his career. Wonderful moment, and great speeches by both players at the end.
Fighto!
Great to see! Well done Medvedev, fully deserved and dominant win.
Djokovic back to his same old nasty ways, tantrums and racquet smashing. No wonder the crowd was booing him. Contrast his behaviour to the charming and graceful womens champion, Raducanu.
Coulda been
Smashing tennis racquets seems to be Novak's choice of expression. God knows what will happen if the umpires have the intestinal fortitude to issue a game penalty. Time to penalise these tantrums with more appropriate measures.
Ego Sum Lux Mundi
Fantastic Medvedev! Beat the GOAT and the obnoxious NY crowd who booed, forced him to play through noise on match points, called “out” during points, and cheered faults from both players. Classless, as usual.
Pukey2
Wasn't able to watch the finals this time, but I'm happy to see Medvedev win. I was a big fan of Djokovic who is one of the greatest players ever, but I got turned off by his antics involving super-spreader events last year, and I got sick and tired of his fake injury tactics designed to fool his opponents.
Well done to the 'Bear' man. It's been a long time coming. However, his falling to the ground after winning was very forced and artificial. Raducanu did it in a more natural, graceful way!
The Original Wing
I agree with Ego Sum Lux Mundi. The crowd was incredibly classless. The cheering of faults, the shouting while Medvedev was serving - what an embarrassment. The New York crowd is always noisy, but this was especially offensive. And then one of the organizers called them "the best crowd in the world" during the trophy presentation - made me roll my eyes.
u_s__reamer
Fortunately for Medvedev Djokovic was not in form, and Medvedev's momentary wobble and visible meltdown double faulting on the brink of a championship point was immediately compensated for by a resumption of his brilliant performance to put the icing on the cake of a well-deserved win. It looks like it's now going to be the turn of the dominant Slavs to make tennis history.
Seesaw7
Just energy-wise, I felt slow
Djokovic, in Tokyo tournament you blamed the weather. What is next excuse going to be,?
Dr.Cajetan Coelho
Novak Djokovic is human. Works hard and had a long run. Well played. Congratulations to champion Daniil Medvedev.
Roblib
So happy for Medvedev, had a great tournament only dropping one set. He's been knocking on the door for big things the last couple years, hopefully this gets him really going. Hopefully when Thiem gets healthy he will return to top form and between him, Medvedev, Zverev, and Tsitsipas you've got some good competition for Djokovic. Still can't stand Novak but he is a great player for sure.
timeon
Pukey, you can watch the press conference, he explains about his celebration. It’s called the dead fish celebration apparently
Richard Gallagher
Djokovic. The pretender to the throne deposed by one of the many upcoming talents. Djokovic happens to operate in a gap between two very aged, one-time and perhaps, forever, 'greatest' players and the young undeveloped talents. Now, the youngsters will be taking Novak's scalp. He will be regularly ground down. When Federer was much younger, he easily disposed of Novak.
Simply adding numbers to a tally does not make you 'the greatest' - it is a matter of who you played during your time and how you fared against the top talent in their and your prime.
lostrune2
Prior to the finals, Djokovic was 9-0 in majors after losing the 1st set, including a mind-blowing 4 straight matches in this US Open. But this time, he couldn't recover from yet another 1st set loss
Congrats to Medvedev - he finally won his 1st Grand Slam in his 3rd attempt! It's a rare breakthrough on the Slam choke-hold by the Big 3. Medvedev's celebration is indeed the "dead fish celebration" used in the FIFA football video game which he's an avid player (he planned it - he wanted something memorable to do when he won his first Slam)
Once again, the men's calendar slam is unequaled since 1969....................... unless ya count the wheelchair division! Both men's and women's wheelchair US Open champions completed not just the calendar slam but the Golden Slam! So congrats to them too!