Glad it was over: Novak Djokovic says bid for Calendar Slam at US Open was mentally taxing

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic stated on Monday that he felt relieved that his bid for Calendar Slam was over at US Open 2021, saying the pursuit for the historic landmark was mentally and emotionally taxing. Djokovic fell in need of the milestone on the remaining hurdle as he misplaced the US Open males’s singles remaining to Daniil Medvedev in straight video games on Sunday.

Djokovic was a shadow of his ruthless self on the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Sunday as he was dominated by Medvedev, who went on to win his maiden Grand Slam title. Djokovic misplaced the primary set of the ultimate after conceding an early break. Nevertheless, he was not written off because the Serb had made it a behavior to come back again from behind. In reality, he misplaced the primary set of all his final 5 matches at US Open.

Djokovic although was not capable of finding the spark in his reserves to forge a fightback. He was damaged within the second set after an intense begin. He went down 0-3 conceding a double break to Medvedev within the third set and was not capable of power the match into the fourth set regardless of pulling again one break.

“Reduction. I used to be glad it was over as a result of the build-up for this event and every thing that mentally, emotionally I needed to cope with all through the event within the final couple of weeks was only a lot. It was quite a bit to deal with,” Djokovic stated when requested about his feelings after the match.

Djokovic conceded he was below-par and pointed fingers at his poor service video games for the defeat which got here in 2 hours and quarter-hour. Medvedev dropped solely 3 factors on serve within the first set whereas Djokovic struggled to land his serves and hassle the Russian.