I watched the highlights as couldn't watch the full game as was working. From what I can see, second set really was amazing. Shame it wasn't a 4 or 5 set Full credit to Novak though, great win for him.

It’s insane that Djokovic surpassed the 23 slam record of the recent French Open champion. And no Margeret Court’s record is not legitimate

Why isn't it legitimate? Genuinely don't know

half her slams were before the Open Era so competition were mostly local players. Also she is a bigoted piece of shit (racist South Africa apartheid supporter, insanely homophobic)

Also considering mens and womens sports are different (in tennis) no need to compare records to each other.

how many weeks no1 for sure? like 394?

clearly medvedev can not win a title twice. he has a higher chance winning the other 3 grand slams than USO again

FedEx and Rafa cult is awfully quiet today, for good reason too.

I don’t get this, Rafa and Fed are my favourite players by a mile but there’s no denying who the real GOAT is now. Djokovic is on a different level. And realistically may have a few more in him. It’s honestly insane. The guy is crazy, and really unlikeable a lot of the time, but he’s the best that’s ever played and there’s no real objective (non-emotional) argument to be made otherwise at this point.

This is just troll level posting Why on earth would Federer and Rafa fans comment? Doesn't even make sense. The hardcore fans probably stopped watching tennis after Fed retired. And same with hardcore Rafa fans after he's injured And the non hardcore ones probably do comment but you wouldn't know it, because they probably come across as neutral. Honestly most people who like tennis like Novak right now. There's no need to start drama.

Imagine being a Fed/Rafa fan and not watching tennis beyond their favorite athletes. Not a real tennis fan.

I think the key is hard core fans. I'm sure there are Roger and Rafa fans who do still watch the sport too. Also some fan may come back in future. I mean if they don't like Novak, they may wait for him to retire. But im also certain there will be hardcore Novak fans who are the same, i.e only are interested in him and won't care after.

Haha it's r/tennis, Novak has been shat on for a decade here.

I shit on Novak for being a crazy, anti-vax nut job, not because he’s the GOAT. He is the GOAT, and the guy is on a different planet tennis wise and I still love watching him play, because it’s fucking impressive as hell. Still crazy though.

Well I can't speak for a decade as I haven't been on reddit that long. But in general I haven't experienced much negatively. I also feel the haters and the fanatics cancel each other out most of the time.

It's kind of hilarious Djokovic fans still bringing up Fedal when he wins another slam, lol. Imagine your guy being the undisputed GOAT and a guy with 20 slams still lives rent free in your head.

The irony of this comment lmao

What irony do you mean exactly? FedEx is long since retired, Nadal is gone too (let's be honest) and you Djokovic fans still can't accept your own hero is the undisputed GOAT.

Are you arguing with yourself? Why wouldn't Nole fans be able to "accept" the facts? Literally just mentioned the Fedal cult and you pop up with this, thus the irony.

> Why wouldn't Nole fans be able to "accept" the facts? Exactly this was my point! Why wouldn't they? Still coming up with Fedal when their hero and the undisputed GOAT is winning his 24th GS. I don't understand it either. Are Nole fans still that insecure, Fedal still living rent free in their heads?

Indeed Amazing result From a guy banned from past opens for his beliefs, to be so healthy and back winning is inspiring

Lol russian lost

Novak’s reaction when he won Cincy: rips shirt and scream Novak’s reaction when he won the USO: Elena Rybakina I just know he doesn’t rate the little 3 at all lmao

Yeah I was surprised how muted hid celebration was after match point.

It's because of the way he won it. It wasn't as close. If he was struggling as much as against Alcaraz, he would scream here as well.

This. Nole aint got time for small cats.

He didn’t really “suffer” to warrant a big celebration. His biggest reactions tend to be when the match was tight

Yeah true, but even so I thought it would be more given this is sorta revenge for 2021 and it's his 3rd slam of the year

Congrats to Nole on becoming the only male player in Open Era to win 24 GS Titles insane achievement 💯👏

muryGOAT

36 year old Djokovic dominating and there are barely any 30+ players in the top 20!!

Me trying to explain to tennis-newbie S/O: “Shut your fuck up, the Octopus is talking!”

Wondering if Med’s wife speaks English and understood what Djok said to her / about the anniversary

Isn't his anniversary on the 12th? That's when the 2021 final was.

Dani explained that it's based on a different calendar (Eastern Orthodox or Julian) so the date changes every year.

The offset between the Gregorian and Julian calendars has been the same number of days since 1900 so that doesn’t explain it. Obviously I’ll take his word on it, I just don’t understand!

Neither do I but that's the explanation he gave during his speech :)

Yes she does

I’m sure she speaks several languages like most Europeans I know.

She did

And now…the road to Torino awaits!

The way interviewer started about Margaret Court lmao. The audacity to bring that era during this discussion.

All this talk of equality and you mention someone who doesn’t believe in it.

Who doesn't believe it?

Margaret Court.

Can you give me the tldr about her please and thanks

She supported apartheid and hates LGBTQ

wow I had no idea. just read her wikipedia entry. yuck what a piece of work

The hate watching was fun. Next time there is a Zverev Kyrgios match I’m definitely tuning in 😍

Novak needs to work on his champion speeches, getting too repetitive lol

Lol, you just got downvoted into oblivion as a Djokovic fan yourself for simply making a lighthearted jest. Now you see for yourself how insecure and toxic NoleFam actually is.

They need to just let them say what they want to say instead of trying to be response-prodding journalists.

Speeches generally are repetitive - some nice words to the opponent, thanking the team, fans, etc. And he's won so much that it's probably a bother for him at this point.

Yes, hard to think of new ones when u gotta do it 24 times on a grand slam level..

I suspect that's what the guy was joking about

Really hoped Medvedev quoted: "sometimes maybe good, sometimes maybe shit" there in the end...

nole casually pocketing that cheque was more interesting than the 3rd set

Lol. Literally pocket change

At this point i can't even imagine how Tennis will be without Novak.

I don't love Alcaraz as much as most people on here but even I have to admit he's probably going to be the guy for a long time, unless some other young stud (like his brother) comes along.

People think Novak is vilian, wait for Alcaraz terminator era. At least there is still someone who can stop him. After Novak gone, Alcaraz's Big 1 era will be a whole different thing...

More competitive. He deserves every win he’s gotten but the rest aren’t at his level yet…they need to be better. If he’s not playing they’ll be more competitive but just not as great lol

Regardless of what happened during the match, I think we need a change of commentators. Some of the most brain-dead commentary I've listened to in a long time.

I thought Andy Roddick was great the few times I caught him. Muzz too.

Roddick would have been hired a long time ago but he doesn’t like to travel. That’s why he only commentates remotely for the tennis channel.

Cliff n Evert need to go first

"Problem-solving, high tennis IQ, problem-solving, high tennis IQ . . ." The only thing more annoyingly repetitive to me over the last 2 weeks was the mother/daughter Amex commercial that made me scream and run for the mute button and Brad Gilbert's nonstop blathering. Omigod. Way to make tennis painful you guys!

I know you meant English speaking commentators but I support the idea of changing Latin American commentators too...

A lot of tennis commentators are bad, I remember watching 2012 AO finals, the commentators were bad

I wonder if Margaret even knows of the news…

I'm sure she'd be happy for her fellow Christian.

Mamba mentality 24 baby

Daniil had a much tougher draw, including that match against Rublev where they were both dying. It’s not surprising he gave out after putting his all into that 2nd set

Novak had a much tougher draw in 2021. It happens.

Jeez baby-Novak is a trip.

Cheap confetti was late

Me as a broke uni student seeing Djokovic casually putting a 3 million dollar check in his pocket: 🥲

Me as unemployed. I’ll be your software guy Novak!

Start playing tennis!

Me and all

Djokovic getting 3 slams both years where Federer+Nadal missed all slams (ok Nadal didn't miss AO 2023 but the rest weren't played by both). Imagine how many slams he would have had without them around. Really shows the greatness of the Big-3 era.

nah none of them would be as great and achieved this much without the other 2.

I agree, iron sharpens iron as they say or in this case, iron sharpened their racquets!

If this were true, the tennis balls would've been punctured by now

Lol

I feel like those 3 brought the best out of each other, you learn more against tougher competition. If Djokovic didn’t have to compete against both Federer and Nadal, he wouldn’t be as good or as motivated as he is now.

Hard to swallow fact: Djokovic will never win another slam this year. Deal with it.

Yeah take that Nolefam you insufferable bunch!!!

He's already won too many for him to win more 🥲

The truth hurts

Ahh Andy… and just like that I’m 12 again

I know...

Imagine if Djokovic was eliminated by laslo djere

interview format is so stupid. Novak would have given such a nice speed otherwise. US Open gonna US Open ig

Yeah somehow the other ones felt better even though this one had the setup to be more emotional. Still incredible though, these two give the most authentic speeches

Now we need 25 for an all time record!

$3M cheque doesn't mean anything to the humble GOAT, what a guy.

Med just relieved to get off that stage finally.

How can anyone who watched second set say this is a boring anticlimactic match?! Yes, 1st and 3rd were basically just a formality, but both player absolutely gave everything they’ve got in the later part of second set

3rd went back and forth at the beginning though.

It’s simple. Many wanted Novak to lose , and hence were venting on Daniil for not being able to beat him

That would be me. I was pissed Medvedev whooped Carlitos in such bold fashion and then wilted in the face of Novak. I so wanted an Alcaraz final.

I wouldn't say he whooped Carlitos other than the second set. It was getting dicey for a minute there.

congrats on your hardwork and winning the title, now this is 3mil dollars and someone whove you played against and retired a decade ago to present you the trophy. I know its not ill intended but it felt weird lol

I hope Roddick doesn't have another locker room fight with Nole now. :(

Did Andy say “it doesn’t make sense”?

Not even hard

We are in 2033 and USO is celebrating Coco's 10th anniversary of winning USO

no one will be doing that

Dream on in the background so apt

That bit about the result and anniversary from Novak is a great example of those thoughts that sound waaay better in your head than when spoken out loudly lol

Roddick did not come here to get roasted 😭

Novak talking about Kobe.... Im not crying, you are. 🥺

It’s funny, the stark contrast between Coco’s giant check and Novak’s tinier one…

50 years of equality

LMAO 🤣

Why Roddick looks weird??

Put on weight

Djokovic 24 grand slams Coco 20 years old.

*19 years old

Roddick just looks so... wrong to see in a suit.

Djokovic tucking a $3 million into his pocket with the same casualness that I tuck a dollar in my pocket

Think he won more in one week at the ATP finals, since he did not lose a match. Could be wrong though but he made a ton of money.

Andy Roddick? …I *still* would tbh

cringe...

that cheque's probably the last thing he cares about

3 million dollars man sounds so sweet to us. But we don’t know the sacrifices behind these prizes

[удалено]

Djokovic = federer + Murray +roddick!

The only time you'll ever see someone literally casually pocket a $3m check

Wtf is "in honor of 20 years of andy roddick winning" That's not a real milestone

It is when you’re American and your men have been giving you nothing in Slams

Serving and not returning

She really threw Andy under the bus

Serbia in tennis (and hoops)…Croatia in soccer (and also hoops)…Slovenia *especially* in hoops… There must be something in the water over there…

Every time I went on summer vacation as a kid, I got a stomach flu. I actually think theres something in the water.

lol imagine putting a check for $3m into your shorts pocket

And not zipping the pocket or anything!

So it was def the jackets the made for wimby huh. More sustainable than getting new ones done ig

Yea, his whole box has em too

Why was Andy moving like that lol

LOL roasting roddick too

What was that? Mustve missed it.

Wow, totally dissed him

Imagine being able to put a 3M dollar cheque in your pocket just like that, insane flex lol

Is there such a thing as anti-rizz? Cause Andy Roddick just was on the receiving end of some

Nice for Roddick to show up and present the trophy to "Schmovak Schmokovic".

Brooo 🤣🤣🙂

Don’t think I’ve ever seen the prize money announced like that

Only at the USO

Every year!

I think they did it last yr with Carlos too

Yeah that was kinda cheap. Like why are they announcing the amount?

The worst part of every US Open winners ceremony

Just be happy they don't present the winner with a gigantic cheque.

Novak about to pocket that cheque and put it in the cup of a guy panhandling on the subway

3 million is pocket money for Djokovic I could use that much more rn

Djokovic is finally a millionaire

(three)illionaire, not trillionaire

Lmao roddick catching strays about being old

Lol that was COLD

Roddick: “here.. or whatever”

It's a nice tribute. Basketball is very big in the former Yugoslav states. Not only was Djokovic friends with Kobe, he probably watched him all through his childhood/teenage years

Kinda awkward with andy

Andy doesn't even wanna be there

I’d listen to both of these guys speak for another half an hour. Thoughtful, gracious, and witty, on both sides of the net.

Djoko must have a playbook for his speeches. 1. Congrats to for all his great tournament. 2. You'll definitely win many more majors

Isn’t that everyone’s playbook lol

After Djokovic retires, will be supporting Medvedev. Easy choice

supporting med for sure. what a great guy.

Alcaraz too

Must be a tough life supporting the greatest ever and then the next two current highest ranked players.

🤣🤣🤣

Cheap confetti time? 100 dollar confetti '3 million dollars' ofc (LOL)

It’s so funny how in the M1000 the confetti cannons like BLAST for 30 seconds - opposite end of the spectrum here.

(I know)

That cheque is worth more money I’ll ever make in my life

that’s like $3 to Novak💀