Justine Henin, on the Eurosport set, after the US Open final won by Novak Djokovic against Daniil Medvedev (6-3, 7-6 [5]6-3) : “Novak was the strongest, and he demonstrated it on many levels; we imagined that he would be totally ready to enter this final, but he did it in such a precise way, so committed, so intense… And tactically, everything he proposed was perfect. And since Daniil Medvedev entered this part much more slowly, it made a significant gap.
We had a second set of a truly exceptional level at times, with all the ingredients gathered to experience a great final. But that’s when Djokovic makes his life easier, by resisting. He was on a wire, and then it became clinical again, on his part; he weakens at times, and fortunately so, but he has so much mental strength that it becomes discouraging for his opponents. We look for the words, because we no longer find them, concerning him. But we don’t trivialize it, when we see these images, these emotions, when we imagine everything that is behind them. It’s simply huge. »