Upset by the health crisis, the tennis year finally delivered a light exercise which, however, offered many highlights.
Overview of confirmations, revelations and disappointments of the year on the courts.
End clap.
London this Sunday dropped the curtain on a singular season with the coronation of Daniil Medvedev in the Masters final 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 against Dominic Thiem.
A masterful title after beating the seeds n ° 1 (Djokovic, during the group stage), 2 (Nadal in the semi-finals) and 3 (Thiem in the final).
After the epilogue of an edition that marks the end of the masters tournament in the English capital which will head for Turin in 2021, a look back at the highlights of a singular season hit by the health crisis (with economic and sports), from New York to London, via Roland-Garros.
Djokovic, heads side and side facing
season ended in place of world No. 1 (Pete Sampras record equaled), coronations in 2 of the 3 Masters 1000 disputed during a season deeply affected by the health crisis.
On the other side, an exclusion from the US Open in the round of 16 after involuntarily hitting a ball on a linesman, the organization of the Adria Tour (exhibition tour in the Balkans without health protocol which turns into a cluster) , positions taken for the disappearance of linesmen, matches in 5 sets or the launch of a union of players and half-hearted services at the end of the season blocked in the semi-finals of the Masters by Thiem, marked by 4 defeats in 8 matches (6-2, 6-1 elimination in the quarter-finals in Vienna by Lorenzo Sonego, 6-3, 6-3 group loss at the Masters against Daniil Medvedev) which gradually blurred the image of No. 1 worldwide.
A year between shadow and light.
Read the full article here
Read also
Djokovic, Swiatek, Nadal, Thiem, Medvedev: the lessons of the tennis season
/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/prisa/H5Z5ZUJV4SHDT5CWNW6KEDDBV4.jpg)
