How Daniil Medvedev beat Novak Djokovic at the 2021 US Open

[Jack Edward]

Daniil Medvedev wins the US Open

Here's an analysis of Medvedev's denial of Novak Djokovic's Calendar Slam bid in the US Open final including a dive into how their previous meetings primed them for this match.

https://jackedward.substack.com/p/issue36

 

[DjokoLand]

Because he was the better player and based on last 3 years from Toronto too WTF his record is better than anyone else

 

[JustBob]

Very interesting thanks. The two main things I had noticed was, one, the unpredictability on serve foiling Novak's usually supreme returning, and two, a lot of balls down the middle (often with very little pace) denying angles and forcing him to generate his own pace. IMHO, the key point is how Medvedev was able to counter Djokovic attacking his running forehand, which he was successful doing at the AO. I had forgotten how much success he had doing that.

 

[Uncoil]

He played tennis more better.

 

[Hitman]

He played the good tennis better on the day. Simple.