Djokovic won his 24th title in New York last year. Grand Slamcatching up with the legendary Australian Marguerite Court. Taking into account the fact that the Serbian’s legendary rivals Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have already finished their careers or are in its rapid decline, it was quite safe to predict that the record would be broken already this calendar year. True, in the first three Grand Slam in tournaments in Australia, France and Great Britain, Djokovic remained empty. Considering his already solid age for professional sports (37 years), the chances of winning the 25th major title are unlikely to be very high.
One record Flushing Meadows was already beaten on the courts in this tournament, as British Dan Evans 6-7 (6:8), 7-6 (7:2), 7-6 (7:2), 7-6 (7:4), 4-6 , the 6-4 victory over the representative of the “neutral” aggressor country, Karena Khachanova, became the longest match in the history of the tournament. The athletes spent five hours and 35 minutes on the court. These gentlemen were quite far from the absolute tennis record – in 2010 at Wimbledon, the match between John Isner and Nicolas Mau lasted 11 hours and five minutes.
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