2021 US Open

It was on a knife edge for most of the match.

The third set was crucial.

Djokovic was just about able to hold serve coming up with big serves to save break points and Zverev was serving better giving up no break points until the tenth game of the set where djokovic managed to strike.

That's the "famous" game with the three or four points with really long rallies.

How Djokovic managed to take that set was an amazing display, firstly by doggedly holding on and then of timing and tactics.

The winner to take the first break in the fifth set was beautiful tennis

Then the second break was pure Djokovic defense when pretty much every other tennis player ever would have lost the point but Djokovic made Zverev play an overhead smash at a very uncomfortable height that went out.

Did you watch it?

It was a great tense battle given the stakes and with brilliant fulcrum games and moments.

Plenty of high quality tennis from both sides.

Even the fifth set with two breaks by Djokovic was good and before the fifth started you could argue that the momentum was with Zverev as his serving had been very good in the fourth set - then Zverev took one break back back and sowed the seeds of doubt to put up one final test for Djokovic.

Unless you watched it live or later without knowing the score you can't really say.

Journalists stick in adjectives and lesser matches involving Murray have been titled in more hyperbolic fashion by the same newspaper.

Borg went to Australia in 1974

He won the French Open a few months later in the same year so it's not like he wasn't good at tennis at the time!

Borg was 4th seed at the Australian Open when he went there in 1974 and was beaten by Dent who got to the final vs Connors.

Medvedev said in his press conference that he was caught out by a change of tactics by Djokovic in Australia and that he had a plan this time.

He comes across as the most intelligent of the pretenders to the throne and has been in good form this Summer and in the tournament so far.

Looks like Medvedev has improved over this year. Zverev has certainly improved. The Zverev performance level last night would have beaten Thiem from the final last year in straight sets. Not hugely shocking really as it was the worst 5-set match that I've ever seen.

As said Borg was 4th seed at the Australian Open when he went, only beaten by the eventual finalist (Dent) who fell to Connors in Connors' career-best year.

He was not some qualifier 😂

In any case the actual point was that the other poster said he never went.

Who knows what's going to happen? That's why people will be watching.

Medvedev is the best defensive player in tennis after Djokovic.

He has a better serve that Djokovic.

His movement is good and his reach is good.

He has the tools to win.

Also he should be "fresher" than Djokovic as he's played a good few less hours of tennis on his way to the final.

And Djokovic who handles pressure well usually, nevertheless will have extra pressure coming to bear on him tomorrow. He's never going to have this chance again.

Whether he can do it or not remains to be seen.

I'd like to see Djokovic complete the calendar slam but some who know their tennis are predicting Medvedev to win tomorrow.

have a feeling that it will be a 4 set match tomorrow, not 5.

for this final on now just hope that it's a decent match with a bit of quality and that at least one of them doesn't disappear over the next year when their game is better known to competitors.