Novak Djokovic reigned supreme on the US Open on Monday as he took care of business in straight units in opposition to Daniil Medvedev.
The Serbian famous person secured his twenty fourth Grand Slam victory and celebrated instantly after the win along with his household within the stands.
As the celebrations unfolded the court docket was rearranged for the trophy presentation, however it was there that followers grew pissed off.
Instead of the gamers being handed their trophies and the microphone, they underwent interviews on the stand earlier than being offered with their trophies.
Medvedev was interviewed for a number of minutes earlier than retired American star Andy Roddick handed him his runners up trophy.
It was then Djokovic’s flip to step up and be interviewed earlier than he was handed his report twenty fourth trophy and despatched off for photographs.
The scenes didn’t sit nicely with these watching on who merely simply wished to listen to the celebs discuss.
Djokovic proved too robust for Medvedev as he clinched the 6-3, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3 victory to etch his identify into the report books.
The win lands him a staggering twenty fourth Grand Slam title, drawing stage with Margaret Court on the all-time listing.
It strikes him away from Serena Williams for Grand Slam wins within the Open period.
At 36, it additionally makes him the oldest US Open champion of the Open period, forward of 35-year-old Ken Rosewall again in 1970, and secures him his fourth US Open crown.
Djokovic donned a particular T-shirt shortly after his win which had a photograph of him subsequent to Kobe Bryant and the quantity 24.
Around the picture of the duo was the slogan “Mamba Forever”. Bryant, famously referred to as the “Black Mamba”, wore the quantity 24 for a few of his storied profession with the Los Angeles Lakers.
After the ladies’s remaining on Sunday (AEST), the trophy shows took a stunning flip when 19-year-old Coco Gauff took the microphone and despatched an unprovoked, prickly message to her critics.
“Honestly, thank you to the people who didn’t believe in me…two weeks ago, I won a 1000 title (in Cincinnati) and people were saying that was the biggest it was going to get,” she stated. “Three weeks later, I’m here with this trophy right now.
“Honestly, those who thought they were putting water on my fire, you were really adding gas to it, and now I’m really burning so bright right now.”
Gauff had been crushed in her first Grand Slam remaining look on the French Open final yr, a defeat she instructed ESPN on Saturday left her feeling like “my life was going to end”.
“That French Open loss (last year) was a heartbreak for me. That makes this moment even sweeter than I could imagine,” Gauff stated.
“I’m so grateful for this moment. I don’t have any words for it to be honest.”
Source: www.news.com.au
