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Magical Medvedev wins US Open title and ends
Djokovic's Calendar Slam dream

Daniil Medvedev shattered Novak Djokovic's Grand Slam
dream by defeating the world number one in Sunday's US
Open final, denying him a record-breaking 21st major men's
singles title.Russia's second-ranked Medvedev dominated
Djokovic 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to prevent the first calendar-year Grand
Slam since 1969 and keep Djokovic level with Roger Federer
and Rafael Nadal atop the career Slam title list. Medvedev,
the 2019 US Open runner-up, captured his first Grand Slam
title in his third Slam final, a rematch of February's
Australian Open final, won in straight sets by the 34-year-old
Serbian to launch his Slam quest.Djokovic's bid to sweep the
US, French and Australian Opens and Wimbledon in the
same year for the first time since Rod Laver did it 52 years
ago collapsed at the last hurdle, with 83-year-old Aussie
legend Laver among 23,700 watching at Arthur Ashe
Stadium.
Djokovic missed out on his fourth US Open title and will
enter 2022 tied with "Big Three" rivals Roger Federer and
Rafael Nadal, both absent with injuries, on an all-
time record 20 men's Slam titles. Instead of joining
immortals Laver and Don Budge, who completed the first men's
Slam in 1938, Djokovic became the third man to fall at the final
match attempting to complete the Slam after Australians Jack Crawford in 1933 and Lew Hoad in 1956. Medvedev, 25, became the third Russian
man to win a Grand Slam title after Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the 1996 French Open and 1999 Australian Open and Marat Safin at the 2000 US Open
and 2005 Australian Open.
Joshua ‘needs to fight’ fellow Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen
heavyweight champion Fury will not back off, says Ross Brawn
Anthony Joshua has said he needs a fight against Tyson Fury “on my The title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen is likely
record” before his career is finished because boxing as a whole required
at least one bout between the two British heavyweights. Between them, to stay full-on to the end of the season despite the pair crashing into
the two boxers currently hold all the major versions of the heavyweight each other at Monza, Formula One boss Ross Brawn said on Monday
world title.Talks of a unification ‘superfight’, which went on for Italian Grand Prix Stewards deemed Red Bull’s championship leader
months, appeared to be on the brink of ending in an agreement earlier Verstappen was at fault for Sunday’s collision and handed the Dutch
this year only for a United States arbitrator to rule Fury had to fight youngster a three-place grid penalty for the next race in
Deontay Wilder for a third time.As a result, Fury, having previously Russia.Brawn, a former Honda and Mercedes team boss and ex-
drawn with and then stopped Wilder, is set to make the maiden defense Ferrari technical head, said fans were sure to be split on who was to
of his World Boxing Council (WBC) belt against the American in Las blame. “It’s clear both drivers could have avoided it,” he said in his
Vegas next month.Before then, Joshua is set to face World Boxing regular post-race column on the official Formula One website.
Organization mandatory challenger Oleksandr Usyk in London on “Ultimately, I think it’s another consequence of two guys going head
September 25, with a crowd of some 60,000 expected at Tottenham to head and not wanting to give an inch. “Personally, I wouldn’t say it
Hotspur Stadium, the home of the Premier League club.But Joshua, also has changed the dynamic. You’ve got two cockerels in the farmyard
the World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing at the moment and we are seeing the consequence of it. “I don’t think
Federation (IBF) champion, knows that a fight against Fury is the either will back off at any moment for the rest of the year but I hope
contest boxing fans want to see and that a question mark will hang over
his career if he does not face the ‘Gypsy King’. the championship is won on the track not in the barriers or the
stewards’ room.”