Vikhlyantseva said that in the US Open final Medvedev psychologically broke down after the second set

Tennis player Natalya Vikhlyantseva believes that, judging by the score in the US Open 2023 final between Daniil Medvedev and Novak Djokovic, the Russian “broke” psychologically after the second set.

The decisive match of the tournament in the USA ended with a score of 6:3, 7:6 (7:5), 6:3 in favor of Djokovic. For the 36-year-old Serb, this title was the 24th at Grand Slam tournaments.

— I really liked the finale. The only thing I would like is for the final to consist of five sets. It was clear that Novak approached the final in excellent shape, he was always stable physically, psychologically and technically. He is 36 years old, but he is starting to show his excellent tennis, which he had at the peak of his career, as if a second wind has opened. Djokovic wins in the absence of Federer and Nadal, he decided to break the record and put his name much higher in terms of victories.

I don’t think that Danya couldn’t do anything in the final. It’s just that in this situation, Djokovic was in better shape, he was aimed at winning and records. Novak was not going to give up; in the final he performed noticeably better than Danya. If you look at the score, Danya broke down psychologically after the second set. But Novak simply showed himself in ideal shape, and when he is in ideal shape, it seems from the outside that his opponent is breaking down psychologically. Djokovic switches the player off, that’s why I got this impression.

Compare Medvedev with Kafelnikov and Safin? In my opinion, you cannot compare tennis players. When some tall blonde played before, everyone said that this was the second Maria Sharapova, and about Grigor Dimitrov they said that this was the new Roger Federer. But there is no second Federer, Sharapova or Williams. Medvedev has a different era; you shouldn’t compare him with Kafelnikov and Safin. I can say that Medvedev is an excellent tennis player. I am sure that Daniil will be able to win more than one Grand Slam tournament. We will watch, monitor and hope for a wonderful result,” Metaratings.ru quotes Vikhlyantseva as saying.