It was the worst closure for Novak Djokovic. The No. 1 in a world looking to complete the annual Grand Slam, winning all four, and reach the record of 21 Major in history, but in the final of the US Open was clearly surpassed by Daniil Medvedev and went stay empty-handed. And that happened to him, literally, when in a moment of fury he was unloaded with a racket in the middle of the final and for that he received a financial fine.
For the second consecutive edition in the US Open, he burst into fights: In 2020 he had hit a line judge with a ball in the duel of the round of 16 against the Spaniard Pablo Carreño Busta and was disqualified, in a historical fact, little seen, just for the leader of the ranking ATP.
This Sunday, in the final against Medvedev, he again showed up in a rage and unloaded with the racket. Consequence: He was fined $ 5,000 for this unsportsmanlike conduct, after being overwhelmed in an adverse match from the start against the Russian.
The Serb lost the stirrups in the second set and was now sanctioned by the organization of the United States Open. After repeatedly hitting his legs with the racket and threatening to hit the ball, which intimidated a ball-picker, he destroyed the racket against the floor.
The No. 1 in the world did not know how to manage the pressure in this situation, was left empty-handed and another sanction, although in this case mild. Even so, it must pay it after his bad example in the end in which Medvedev obtained his first Grand Slam, being the third Russian man champion of a Major in singles.