US Open: My legs had been gone after 5-3, was attempting to cover it however virtually could not stroll, says Daniil Medvedev

US Open 2021: Daniil Medvedev mentioned that he was attempting to cover the cramps he was feeling on his left leg simply earlier than he served out the third set of the ultimate in opposition to Novak Djokovic. Medvedev ended Djokovic’s run of match wins at Grand Slam tournaments on 27. (AP Photo)HIGHLIGHTSMedvedev mentioned he was attempting to verify Djokovic would not discover that he had crampsThe Russian received the yr’s ultimate main 6-4 6-4 6-4, although the straight-sets victory was something however routineHe thus ended Djokovic’s bid for a calendar yead Grand Slam, profitable his first main title within the course ofDaniil Medvedev revealed that he had began cramping in attempting to serve out the US Open ultimate in opposition to Novak Djokovic at 5-3 and “almost couldn’t walk” at 5-4. The 25-year-old Russian beat 20-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to win his first main title.

He thus ended Djokovic’s bid to win a historic calendar yr Grand Slam and his twenty first main title that may have take the Serbian World No.1 previous his historic rivals Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer’s file.”I started cramping at 5-3, I think because of the pressure at 5-2 where I had match points, I didn’t make it,” Medvedev advised reporters after the match. “My legs were gone after 5-3. At 5-4, left leg, I almost couldn’t walk.””If you really look the replay, when I walked to the towel, my leg was just going behind. I was trying not to show it. If Novak feels it, it’s not good,” he mentioned.Medvedev had misplaced the ultimate of the 2019 US Open to Nadal and was crushed in straight units by Djokovic within the ultimate of this yr’s Australian Open.Ranked second behind Djokovic within the ATP rankings, Medvedev had dropped only one set on the way in which to the ultimate and ripped via every of his first 4 matches in beneath two hours, decided to lastly get his arms on a Grand Slam trophy.”For the confidence and for my future career, knowing that I beat somebody who was 27-0 in a year in Grand Slams, I lost to him in Australia, he was going for huge history, and knowing that I managed to stop him it definitely makes it sweeter and brings me confidence for what is to come on hard courts,” he mentioned. “But let’s see about other surfaces.”Click right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.