Djokovic settles accounts with Medvedev and takes the title in Paris-Bercy

Paris enjoyed a splendid final, according to the poster of its protagonists, the first two players in the ranking. The last Masters 1000 of the season, always at risk of becoming decaffeinated due to its location on the calendar, left an intense match, full of the best seasonings.

won

, but he would not have been surprised if

did

, demanding the Serbian again in their first meeting since turning his dream into a nightmare in the US Open final. Djokovic won 4-6, 6-3 and 6-3, in two hours and 15 minutes, to win his thirty-seventh Masters 1000 and stay alone at the top of that list, already ahead of

.

It is his fifth title of the year, after Australia, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and Belgrade 2;

the number 86 of his career.

Once assured with the triumph in the semifinals, finish for the seventh year as world number 1, thus surpassing the record of

, Djokovic did not implode.

The triumph was also a matter of pride, to settle accounts with who is already one of his fiercest adversaries.

Medvedev has come to stay.

Few players rate their losses that high.

Djokovic tried in every possible way.

One of Medvedev's many merits is to effect a transformation in the Serbian's game, forcing him to do things different from what he is used to.

In principle, he did not reach the number 1 in the world with litigating from the bottom in long exchanges, but as soon as he went to the network as he explored his possibilities through dropouts or hurried the points with a direct game when he hit his first service.

His presence on the film was significant: he went up 33 times, 25 of them successfully.

Great start of the Russian

Medvedev was a rock again, at times impenetrable. He took advantage from the start and did not mind seeing it neutralized by his opponent, who returned from 0-2 to 3-2 with a ball for 4-2, suffocated by the Russian with serve and volley. Medvedev soon regained command, with another break in the seventh game. After the conclusive victory in the final of the United States Open, where he frustrated Djokovic's great illusion of becoming the third man capable of winning the four majors in the same year and conquering his 21st

, he was the favorite to revalidate the title achieved. a year ago on the same stage. From then until this Sunday he presented an intimidating record of 19 wins and a single loss indoors.

There were plenty of arguments to believe in him. He came from signing an impressive semifinal against

(6-2 and 6-2). His appetite is still insatiable. While Djokovic, like Nadal or Federer, sometimes seem to manage his ambitions, this giant with a delayed explosion and little harmony in his tennis wants to conquer any territory he steps on. Already with a lost set, Djokovic managed to break into the least expected game. Medvedev had chained three direct aces and was preparing to equal two when the tenacious Serb rushed to

. Unlike the first set, this time he made it good, in the tenth game, at the third option, but not before putting down three break balls in an 11-minute game.

A break in the fifth game of the third set opened a gap that ended up being definitive.

The Russian was destabilized, who again gave up his serve in the seventh.

It would amend one of the concessions, but a new

, the third in the set, defined the final.

After a very difficult period, Djokovic, rearmed, is back.

He won the most credited man on hard court in recent times, the executioner who had cut him off when he was preparing to fly into infinity.

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