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Everything rowed in favor of

Novak Djokovic

at the US Open.

The Serbian had won everything he had played this season (26 games and four titles) and was the big favorite.

Roger Federer

will not play again until next season due to knee surgery.

Rafa Nadal

, current champion, resigned from the tournament to prepare for the clay court tour.

The other three semifinalists from last year were on the other side of the picture.

He had in his hand to conquer his 18th Grand Slam title and stand at

Roland Garros

just one behind Nadal and two behind Federer.

A childish slight ruined everything.

It was by no means the first outrage of Novak Djokovic, but it was the one that had the most serious consequences.

The sometimes volcanic Serbian was about to star in a similar incident at

Roland Garros 2016

when he slammed a racket into the ground.

He was thrown backwards from the impact and was about to hit a ball boy on the head, who on that occasion reacted quickly to avoid him.

That same year, in a Masters Cup game against

Dominic Thiem

, Nole threw a ball into the stands in another moment of frustration.

That one did not hit anyone either, but when a journalist asked him if he had been thinking about the consequences, the Serb responded in an arrogant tone that is now mercilessly remembered.

"It's no problem for me.

This is not the first time I do it.

Yes, it could have hit someone.

And it could also have snowed inside the stadium.

But it hasn't happened, "he said then.

Now yes, and it has cost him $ 250,000 and a large one in which he was a favorite.

The disqualification of the US Open adds another chapter to this 2020 in which Novak Djokovic seems to alternate the titles with the controversies.

This summer alone, the world's number one has shown his reluctance against vaccines;

has organized a tournament where there was no trace of masks, or social distance, and that had to be suspended before the final due to an outbreak of positives for coronavirus, including his;

and has deepened the schism of tennis by creating a union of players only for men, in the face of opposition from

Federer or Nadal

and just as there are talks to merge the ATP and the WTA.

A historic occasion

After so long looking for a replacement for the

Big Three

(Federer-Nadal-Djokovic), tennis is going to find him by chance at this rare US Open, held in the middle of a pandemic and without an audience in the stands to see the coronation .

Between the three kings they have won 52 of the last 60 Grand Slam tournaments, including the last 13 in a row.

To find another winner, you have to go back to the 2016 US Open, which

Stanislas Wawrinka

won

.

The Swiss was also low in this edition for fear of traveling to the United States.

There was no one else in the US Open draw who knew what it's like to win a Grand Slam title.

Del Potro has not played for more than a year due to injuries;

Andy Murray, an

illustrious

wild card

, lost in the second round to Auger-Aliassime;

and Marin Cilic fell at third to

Dominic Thiem.

It is precisely since the Croatian conquered the 2014 US Open that men's tennis has had no new Grand Slam winner.

No tennis player under the age of 32 has achieved a great one.

So monumental is the plug that has caused the dominance of the

Big Three

.

The contrast with the female circuit is absolute.

In the WTA, seven of the last 10 majors have seen a tennis player be crowned a Grand Slam champion for the first time.

To find a winner over 30 years old, you have to go back to Serena Williams' Australian Open in 2017. Only in the last two seasons have Naomi Osaka and Sofie Kenin, 21, and Bianca Andreescu, 19, been crowned.

That is the opportunity that now opens up against the last eight survivors of the tournament.

A historic occasion.

At the end of these lines, Dominic Thiem was still in contention, the only one who knows what it is even to step on a final (he lost at Roland Garros 2018 and 2019 against Nadal, and this year at the Australian Open against Djokovic).

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