
Daniil Medvedev defeats Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-4 in the final in New York on Sunday to finally clinch his maiden grand slam title. The match lasted 2 hours and 16 minutes. His best achievement in this event so far was reaching the final in 2019 when he lost to Rafael Nadal. Here you can see when his history at this event.
Daniil added $ 1,250,000 to his prize money after winning this final. He has earned $ 2,500,000 in total after conquering this tournament.
This is how Daniil won the match.
Highlights Daniil Medvedev vs. Novak Djokovic U.S. Open – New York
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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Medvedev scored 99 points vs. Novak’s 83.
Medvedev
Daniil served very well to win 81% of the points (42/52) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (22/38) on his second serve. Daniil fired 16 aces and he committed 9 double faults. Daniil was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (4/8).
Djokovic
On the other side, Djokovic was not so effective in converting his break points (only 17% – 1/6). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this contest, the head to head between Medvedev and Djokovic is 4-5 for Novak.
This was the 13th career title for Medvedev. (see list of titles and finals). Novak remains with 85th titles. (see list of titles and finals)
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Medvedev enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Novak Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0). That break was crucial for Daniil to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.
Medvedev converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (2-0 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Russian didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Medvedev conquered in the 5th game (3-2) prior to eventually winning the set (6-4).
Medvedev started the set strong after breaking Novak Djokovic in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for the Russian to win the set because the Serbian managed to break back in the 8th (3-5) game.
It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Daniil won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to convert the score from 0-0 to 4-0.
They played 57 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Medvedev won just 3 more points than Djokovic (30-27). The Russian conceded 10 points on serve (16-10). In addition, on the other side, the Serbian conceded 13 points on serve (16-13).
Daniil Medvedev in New York |
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