A year ago, Daniil Medvedev broke a glass ceiling - joining the very closed circle of Grand Slam winners in recent years -, shattering Novak Djokovic's dream in the final (6-4, 6-4, 6- 4), that of winning the four Grand Slams in the same year.
A rare feat.
Imperial in service, he had a “Djokovic” match by always counter-attacking at the best time.
The chess player had been able to checkmate the “invincible” Serbian and deprive him of making history a little more.
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Spearhead of the new generation, the Muscovite, now in the big leagues, then seized, in February, the first place in the world.
A first since July 2005 for a player who is not a member of the Big Four (Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray), the tall staker (1.98 m) being logically rewarded for his impressive last months.
But this earthquake in the world of tennis was only a slight jolt.
Because, when the protege of the French…
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