Posted on 09/10/2023 5:18:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Novak Djokovic has tied what has been considered one of the most unreachable records in tennis: Margaret Court's 24 Grand Slam wins.
With his 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 win over Daniil Medvedev, Djokovic won his fourth US Open trophy and his 24th Grand Slam title overall.
Djokovic looked strong early, taking advantage of some early nerves by Medvedev, who made three unforced errors and lost a point on a double fault to Djokovic in the first two games. Medvedev recovered in the third game, going up 30-0 before Djokovic stormed back and won four straight points to take the third game.
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Do you think for one minute if that guy had stabbed Steffi Graf, they would have ruled it justified, and let him off?
I guess I should have been clearer, it boils me to here the propaganda that Serena was the GOAT with 23 slams, when in fact Graf played ten years less than her and retired with 22 slams. They are delusional if they think Graf wouldn’t have won at least 4 more slams with an extra ten years of play. Seles was a great, great player, no doubt and had every chance of being the best ever. But stats don’t lie:: Graf on the left, Seles right
H2H All Matches 7 4
Sets Won 22 15
Games Won 190 172
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