Daniil Medvedev is your 2021 US Open champion, the first of his generation to win a major, and he did so on the grandest of stages. Novak Djokovic had won 27 consecutive matches at Slams, making this final in New York the final leg of a historical Grand Slam quest. Gill Gross breaks down the factors for why Medvedev got the better of Djokovic in a reversal of results from the earlier Australian Open Final.

00:00 Intro
03:34 Djokovic nerves & fatigue
09:00 Medvedev closing skills
13:25 Medvedev improvements, tactics
24:18 Medvedev serve
31:07 Key turning point
36:33 The crowd
40:30 Final thoughts

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