15th Djokovedev

And already a historic final with a record on the Serbian side: 36th Grand Slam final. Perfect for celebrating revenge for a failed final in 2021? This is what we will see...

Let's start with two huge stats: Daniil faced a world No. 1 11 times and won 6 times. When Djoko is world No. 1, Daniil leads 5 - 3. When he is not, he is led 0 - 6 😅! WTF?! No matter how much I search, but if you've done any competition, you know that each match is unique. The only thing that means, and he proved it to us again last night, this mentally ill man, is that Daniil often sublimates himself in big meetings. I love his turn of phrase when he says: "against these guys (speaking of Carlos and Djoko), I have to be better than myself". In fact, I just think we'll have the two smartest guys on the court this Sunday...

Since his defeat here in the final 2 years ago, Novak leads 4-1 against Daniil, and I think that is the key stat. For what ? Because what has made Nadal, Rod'geur and Djoko strong over all these years is their ability to quickly adapt to opponents and styles of play that hurt them. Novak had found an even better baseline player than him in Daniil Medvedev. He now knows how to build his point better against him, and above all, attack intelligently. Daniil has also progressed in his offensive game in particular. But when it counts a lot (Bercy, Masters, Adelaide just before the OA), it is now Novak who wins. The weight of history that he experienced here 2 years ago against the same opponent has become, at 36 years old, the greatest motivation that a tennis player could have.