Despite the wait, Novak Djokovic continued to play. It took him a long time to figure out that Nick Kyrgios had lost focus and direction. The big serve of the opponent required a proper read. Went back to his game as soon as he was ready.
No matter how big or small the deficit may be, Djokovic is unperturbed by it. Rather than being concerned about the deficit, his focus is on finding solutions. The champion at Wimbledon hasn’t been defeated for quite some time now.
In the final match for his seventh Wimbledon title, Djokovic dispatched Kyrgios in four sets, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3) with steady brilliance.
As he improves to 21 majors in his career, Novak Djokovic breaks a tie with Roger Federer for the most major trophies won by a male player in tennis history, one shy of Rafael Nadal’s record of 22.
Djokovic has won more Wimbledon titles than any other man except Federer, with eight. It was only Federer born in the 1950s (by a few months) who won at the All England Club when the 35-year-old Djokovic was older than him.
Earlier in the tournament, Novak Djokovic rallied to wipe out a two-set deficit against Jannik Sinner, while in the semifinals, Cam Norrie won the opening set against No. 10 seed Brandon Sands. Djokovic lost the first set of the title match at Wimbledon last year. Two championship points were erased by him in the 2019 final against Federer.
As Kyrgios engaged in a series of running monologues, shouted at him or his entourage (which was not include a full-time coach), earned a warning for cursing, disagreed with the chair umpire he had fist-bumped before the match, and tossed a water bottle in anger, two key moments of the match stood out.
When Djokovic served at 5-3 in the second set, Kyrgios got to love 40 – a trio of break points. Eventually, Djokovic held off Kyrgios’s two casual returns.
Kyrgios waded dismissively toward his box, sat down, dropped his racket on the court, and grumbled, without anyone in particular, “It’s love-40!” Can it get any bigger or what?! Is that big enough for you?!”
Novak Djokovic kept playing despite the wait. Nick Kyrgios’ lack of focus and direction took him a while to recognize. In order to properly read the opponent’s big serve, you had to read it carefully. In no time, he was back at his game.
Regardless of how large or small the deficit is, Djokovic is unperturbed. His focus is on finding solutions, rather than worrying about the deficit. For quite some time, Wimbledon hasn’t lost a championship.
Djokovic defeated Ferrer in the Wimbledon final for his seventh title
When Kyrgios served at 4-all, 40-love, he again let a seemingly sealed game slip through his fingers, while Djokovic broke.
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In 2001, Goran Ivanisevic was the last unseeded men’s champion at Wimbledon. Kyrgios was the 40th-ranked player at Wimbledon. For the match, Ivanisevic sat in the guest box on Centre Court as Djokovic’s coach.
During his 29 previous Grand Slam appearances, Kyrgios had never advanced beyond the quarterfinals – and it had been more than seven years since he reached that stage.
The show was stolen by him in some ways on Sunday. Shots were hit between his legs and with his back to the net, serves were pounded at 136 mph and he had 30 aces to his credit. In the beginning, he served underarm, then faked it later.
There is no mention in the 560-page Wimbledon Compendium of the first instance of underarm serves in a gentleman’s final, despite a number of other notable records and factoids.
The crowning of such a unique player at such a unique Wimbledon may have been fitting in some ways.
Because of the war in Ukraine, all Russian and Belarusian players were banned from the All England Club; among them were No. 1-ranked Daniil Medvedev, the defending U.S. Andrey Rublev, ranked eighth, was also in action. Wimbledon took the unprecedented step of revoking all ranking points to respond to the WTA and ATP revocations.
In the women’s competition, born in Russia, Elena Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 to win the trophy. It was the first Wimbledon final between two women making their Grand Slam debuts since 1962, and Rybakina was the second-lowest female champion at the All England Club since 1975, which began with computerized rankings.
As an added bonus, Federer missed the tournament for the first time since the late 1990s due to a series of surgeries on his right knee. As a result of tearing ankle ligaments at the French Open, Alexander Zverev sat out the tournament. As a result of testing positive for COVID-19, three of the top 20 seeded men withdrew from Wimbledon after it began.
A man has been given a walkover at Wimbledon in a semifinal or final for the first time since 1931 when Nadal withdrew before facing Kyrgios.
There’s no doubting Kyrgios’ talent. His style has gained more attention over time, as has his tempestuous behavior, which has led to ejections and suspensions, and his nightlife preferences.
Aside from receiving $14,000 in fines over the past two weeks – for spitting at a heckler after his first-round win and cursing during his third-round win against Stefanos Tsitsipas – Kyrgios has also received flak for wearing a red hat and sneakers before and after matches at venues that require all-white clothing. A court date has been set for him and the world to appear in an Australian court to face an assault charge.
