Novak Djokovic secures stunning US Open title for 24th Grand Slam
ovak Djokovic emerged from an exciting and grueling US Open final with a 24th Grand Slam title on Sunday night, using all his ounce of energy and some serve and volley trick to defeat Daniil Medvedev 6-3 , 7:6(5) to defeat. , 6-3 in a match that was more closely contested than the straight-set result suggested.
Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, claimed a major singles title ahead of Serena Williams, becoming the first player to win 24 in the Open era that began in 1968.
Margaret Court also collected 24 total, but 13 of those came before professionals were allowed into the Slam events.
There were moments, notably in the second set of an hour and 44 minutes, that involved both tenacity and talent where Djokovic seemed to falter. After some of the most strenuous moments – and there were many – he would lean forward, put his hands on his knees, lean on his racket, or pause to stretch his legs.
That triumph against Medvedev, the opponent who defeated him in the 2021 final at Flushing Meadows, stopping a bid for the first calendar-year Grand Slam in more than half a century, made Djokovic the oldest male champion at the US Open in the Open era .
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