Australian Open men’s singles final: Novak Djokovic dominates Melbourne in Daniel Medvedev’s game, finishing ninth

Novak Djokovic continued to consolidate his position as one of the greatest tennis players of all time and defeated Daniel 2 in the 2021 final 7-6, 6-2, 6 · Medvedev (Daniil Medvedev). In the past two decades, the dominance of this year’s first Grand Slam matches with Rafael Nadal (12 champions) at the French Open and Roger Federer at Wimbledon (8). Champions). This victory is the second time Djokovic has won three consecutive championships in the Australian Open.

The 33-year-old Serbian entered the championship for the sixth time and became the top seed. He is now 42-0 in Melbourne as the top seed, and he has won the top spot six times.

Djokovic (Djokovic) and Medvedev (Medvedev) played the first round after the appearance, Djokovic (Djokovic) jumped out of the 3-0 lead, then Medvedev (Medvedev) has a breakthrough And finally chased the score to 3-3. Then they traded their holdings until Djokovic made a breakthrough 6-5 to win the first set. In the second set, Djokovic got a rest, went up 3-1 and completely controlled the game from there.

After losing this game and the 2019 U.S. Open final to Nadal, Medvedev now has a 0-2 record in the Grand Slam final. Before giving up the game, Medvedev also won three of the last four games with Djokovic. Although he has not yet broken through the biggest stage of tennis, the world’s fourth-ranked player has won 9 professional ATP singles championship titles and has shined in all major majors. The 25-year-old Russian player seems to be one of the next stars in the sport as the Big Three continue to age.

It is Novak Djokovic’s 18th Grand Slam champion and the ninth Australian Open champion. The 18 Grand Slam wins put him behind Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, both of whom have 20, as the top three players in men’s tennis continue to strike at the Grand Slam. Since Federer won Wimbledon in 2003, the group has won 58 of the 70 Grand Slams, while only seven other players have won at least one. In comparison, 27 different women won Grand Slams during that time.

Djokovic was called the “King of Melbourne Park” at the post-match ceremony. He will look for the No. 19 Grand Slam, and Daniil Medvedev will look for the No. 1 Grand Slam – you guys. Both are trying to overthrow Rafael Nadal as the “King of Clay” at the French Open of the next tennis tournament to be held in Paris on May 17.