(CNN)Daniil Medvedev won his archetypal expansive slam rubric Sunday, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4 6-4 6-4 successful the US Open last and ending the satellite No. 1's hopes of completing a calendar expansive slam.
The 25-year-old Medvedev, playing successful his 3rd expansive slam final, became the 3rd Russian antheral to triumph a large singles rubric and the ninth antithetic US Open men's singles champion of the past 14 years.
After his victory, helium thanked friends, household and fans for giving him vigor passim the week. He ended his code by wishing his woman a blessed anniversary.
"During the tourney I couldn't deliberation of a contiguous oregon anything, but if I suffer I person to deliberation of a present," Medvedev said.
The satellite No. 2 besides praised Djokovic, who was successful tears aft the match, for his accomplishments.
"For me, you are the top tennis subordinate successful the history," Medvedev said.
In return, Djokovic said that his hostile deserved to triumph the title: "I privation you galore much expansive slams, galore much majors, I'm definite you'll beryllium connected this signifier successful the aboriginal again," helium said.
Djokovic had been looking to triumph a grounds 21st expansive slam rubric and implicit the archetypal men's calendar expansive slam -- winning the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open successful the aforesaid twelvemonth -- since Rod Laver successful 1969.
Sunday's lucifer means Djokovic remains tied with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal connected 20 expansive slam titles.
Medvedev, who defeated 12th effect Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada successful consecutive sets to scope the final, mislaid to Rafael Nadal successful 5 sets successful the 2019 US Open final and fell successful the Australian Open final to Djokovic successful consecutive sets earlier this year.
However, Medvedev looked ominous passim this year's competition, dropping conscionable 1 acceptable connected the mode to the last wherever helium was capable to get revenge for his Melbourne nonaccomplishment and scupper Djokovic's hopes of a twelvemonth for the ages.
After his semifinal triumph against Auger-Aliassime, Medvedev said helium learned a batch from the mislaid last against Djokovic successful Melbourne.
"He was playing antithetic than the matches helium did earlier me, and I was benignant of not acceptable for it, truthful present I am," Medvedev said of Djokovic's tactics.
A infinitesimal of growth
For Medvedev, his 2019 US Open acquisition was a clip of ups and downs.
During a match, helium was fined for unsportsmanlike behaviour and a disposable obscenity. As a result, helium became a defacto villain successful the eyes of the New York crowd. However, due to the fact that of his personality, charisma and fantabulous play, helium won them backmost implicit the pursuing rounds.
Before this year's US Open, helium hoped it would beryllium a "love" narration betwixt him and the fans. And since the acquisition successful 2019, helium has learned to conscionable beryllium himself.
"Of course, I instrumentality lessons," helium explained to CNN Sport earlier the tourney this year. "What you should bash and what you shouldn't bash connected the tennis court. But arsenic a tennis player, I'm decidedly different.
"It was a caller acquisition that made maine judge successful myself adjacent much and made maine amended arsenic a tennis player."
In a promising outcrop of young, up-and-coming stars successful men's tennis, Medvedev mightiness beryllium astatine the forefront.
Having antecedently fallen astatine the past hurdle successful expansive slam finals, a triumph astatine the ATP Tour Finals successful 2020 was a breakthrough infinitesimal for the Russian arsenic helium became the archetypal subordinate to decision the satellite No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 connected his mode to winning the season-ending tournament.
CNN's Homero De La Fuente contributed to this report.
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