Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, the world number three, started to lose, but, showing a stable game, beat Australian Nick Kyrgios in the Wimbledon final, adding to this his seventh victory on grass in London and 21 Grand Slams.
With favoritism on his side, the Serb confirmed his dominance three hours later, imposing himself with a score of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 7-6 (7-3), against the 40th player in the world. never even reached the semi-finals of one of the majors.
In eight finals played on London grass, only once did the Serbian fail to win, when hosts Andy Murray surprised him in 2013.
This result put the 35-year-old ahead of Swiss Roger Federer in terms of Grand Slam titles, staying just a few steps away from Spaniard Rafael Nadal.
Djokovic also tied Pete Sampras with seven Wimbledon titles, just one behind Federer’s men’s singles record.
In All England territory, Knowle only conceded once in his serve game when the first “set” was recorded at 2-2, a break that proved decisive as he no longer recovered from a handicap, with Kyrgios able to control moments from end to end.
The Aussie, who didn’t have to play in the semi-finals, took advantage of the departure of an injured Rafael Nadal to see the Serbian reach his established level on grass in the second set: he made a “break”. ‘ in the fourth game to go ahead with a score of 3:1 and cope with a partial “draw”.
Kyrgios started to serve the third set and soon had to save two points from the break, which he could no longer do at 4-4, which allowed “Joko” to make an important “break” and gather for a triumph.
The fourth quarter, without “breaks”, was the most balanced of all and was decided only on a “tie-break”, in which even the physical freshness that Kyrgios brought for being “spared” in the semi-final did not give any results. sort of an advantage, since in the “fight” of long exchanges almost always “Jocko” used the advantage of the Australian, who was superior only on serving, making a total of 30 aces, twice as much as the Serb.
In the season in which he was deported from Australia on the eve of the first “major” of the season, at the beginning of the year, for the lack of vaccination against covid-19 and the attempt to defend the title of Roland Garros failed, Djokovic did not hide his emotions, but also addressed the words of “consolation” to the opponent.
“Nick, you’ll be back. I know it’s not easy to hear words of consolation after losing a final, but you showed why you deserve to be one of the best in the world. I respect you very much, you have a great talent. “- praised the Serb after the presentation of trophies on the” court.
Relations between Novak and Kyrgios have not always been the best: the seven-time Wimbledon champion admitted that it “never” occurred to him to say something nice about the Australian.
“It’s officially bromance” [amor de irmãos]. I hope this is the start of a beautiful friendship.”
He then admitted that he was speechless to say what Wimbledon meant to him, saying that it was thanks to Pete Sampras that he was “in the mood to play” in London, so he asked his parents to buy him a racket.
In turn, Kyrgios admitted that he lived “the best two weeks of his career”, so he hopes to “again” return to the final of the All England Club.
“I’m so exhausted. Me and my whole team are exhausted. I am very pleased with this result and maybe someday I will return,” he said.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
