: US Open: Daniil Medvedev ends Novak Djokovic’s Calendar Slam bid to win first Major #IndiaNEWS Daniil Medvedev shattered Novak Djokovic’s Calendar Slam bid with a straight sets victory in the US

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US Open: Daniil Medvedev ends Novak Djokovic’s Calendar Slam bid to win first Major #IndiaNEWS
Daniil Medvedev shattered Novak Djokovic’s Calendar Slam bid with a straight sets victory in the US Open final on Sunday, denying the world No 1 a record-breaking 21st major men’s singles title.Russia’s second-ranked Medvedev dominated Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to prevent the first calendar-year Grand Slam since 1969 and keep Djokovic level with Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal atop the career Slam title list.Medvedev, the 2019 US Open runner-up, captured his first Grand Slam title in his third Slam final, a rematch of February’s Australian Open final, won in straight sets by the 34-year-old Serbian to launch his Slam quest.Djokovic’s bid to sweep the US, French and Australian Opens and Wimbledon in the same year for the first time since Rod Laver did it 52 years ago collapsed at the last hurdle, with 83-year-old Aussie legend Laver among 23,700 watching at Arthur Ashe Stadium.Djokovic missed out on his fourth US Open title and will enter 2022 tied with “Big Three� rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, both absent with injuries, on an all-time record 20 men’s Slam titles.Instead of joining immortals Laver and Don Budge, who completed the first men’s Slam in 1938, Djokovic became the third man to fall at the final match attempting...Read more

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