Djokovic does his best to pin Kyrgios and win his 21st major

Until he kept his head on his shoulders, while making sanity prevail, Nick Kyrgios was a continual threat to Novak Djokovic.

The best of the Serbian had to emerge, this time firm and constant, without concessions to distraction, and the reverse of the Australian appeared, complaining with the judge, annoyed with his

, monologuing from the fifth game of the third set, so that the Wimbledon final to lean on the side of its already seven-time champion.

Novak Djokovic won 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 7-6 (3), in three hours, and won his

.

It is his first big one since he won on these same tracks a year ago.

In a convulsive season since its inception due to the resignation to play the Australian Open due to his refusal to be vaccinated against covid, Djokovic wins the fourth consecutive Wimbledon, equals the seven cups of William Renshaw and Pete Sampras at the All England Club and places one of Federer, the absolute leader on these tracks.

Worthy opposition from Kyrgios, who resisted and even hinted at a fifth set, but played an erratic tiebreaker that precipitated the outcome.

, but he could not sustain the proposal for the time required for the final of a Grand Slam against a player like Djokovic.

Difficulties were not long in coming for the Balkan, who lost his serve with a double fault in the fifth game, disconcerted by Kyrgios' movement when he was going to execute the service.

At the height of the end

Serious both at the beginning, at the height of the responsibility of a Grand Slam final, the Australian was the first to escape.

His mise-en-scène was perfect, able to display all his charms, whether it was a second-serve

, a front ball between the legs, dropshots, return winners, changes of pace... Could he keep that freshness throughout? the match?

His problem was not only to be subjected to the extraordinary efficiency of his opponent's service, who hit

, but to reply to him in exchanges.

Without a bad gesture or tone in the first part of the final, the Australian took advantage of his second option to take the set with enormous authority.

His bet was serious.

In a '

' game, nothing rough, where tennis took center stage,

always demanded the rest.

He had 0-40 and one more option to recover the serve that he had given blank in the seventh game of the second set, but the one from Belgrade took it and equalized a partial.

A serious stumble for Kyrgios was giving up his serve and the third set when he led 4-0 to tie at five

.

He got angry with the chair umpire and with his

and received a

.

It was the beginning of the end.

Djokovic was already reading his services better and, with considerable risk and solvency, he was narrowing a fence that was closed in the

.

"Nick, you'll be back", he said to Kyrgios already with the trophy in hand.

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