Djokovic’s integrity was a lot to Kyrgios’ weakness – he won his seventh Wimbledon and was within a Grand Slam of Nadal

There is someone who seems determined to take off the nickname of King of Wimbledon to Roger Federer: Serbian Novak Djokovic resisted Nick Kyrgios’ madness this Sunday and with greater mental strength managed to come back in four sets in the final to keep his fourth consecutive title, seventh of his career in London Y Grand Slam number 21.

Between external monologues, reprimands to his bench and madness by Kyrgios, Djokovic, starring in the Australian’s show, immortalized his moment with the series of 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 7-6 (3) .

The Serbian, who did not get entangled by a Kyrgios whose stamina lasted a set and a half, equaled William Renshaw and Pete Sampras’ All England Club records, with seven titles, and remained one behind Federer already two by Martina Navratilova.

Without a brilliant final, without needing his best tennis at any stage of the tournament, Djokovic, a big favorite fourteen days ago, consolidated his leadership on the field and now has 27 games without losing at Wimbledon. More than five years, from the 2017 quarter-finals.

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The champagne, the hats to protect themselves from the sun, the princes in the stands … Everything was prepared for a rocket session in the Cathedral of tennis, a performance between the player everyone expected to be in this match and the big tournament surprise.

Kyrgios, with his passive step, undeterred in front of the most important match of his life. “Give a man a mask and he will show you his true self”, has the Australian tattooed on one leg. His mask, that of a Wimbledon finalist, his being, that of the tennis player who appeared in the first set of the title match. A calm and emotionless Kyrgios, with a serve in which the former flew at 219 kilometers per hour and the latter at 125.

A tennis player capable of getting sneaky serves, drop shots, volleys, great will and balls at ground level. For half an hour, the best Kyrgios of his career was on the Wimbledon table. It was worth it to overtake Djokovic and win a set.

The unknown factor was whether he managed to maintain the level and, above all, if Djokovic would not have raised his. The answer was simple and was not long in coming. Kyrgios’ repertoire has been canceledhe stopped doing everything he knows how to do well, that is, the most unexpected, and entered Djokovic’s trading game, in which he had nothing to gain.

He lost ground, he turned the meeting into something anonymous and he started a battle with himself and his bank. The internal dialogues begin, the shouts to his stage and the uncomfortable glances of Prince William and his son George, luxurious spectators of the volcano about to explode.

Djokovic, without a level according to his tennis, neutralized the surprise and saved four break points when he served the 1-1 on the scoreboard. In seven Grand Slam finals he returned from a set down. Here I was looking for the eighth.

The closer the match was, the more likely Kyrgios was to start the show. Midway through the third set, his coffee pot was already boiling. He was given the first warning for insulting the public by committing a double fault, after the scream of a fan between the first and second service. “She is the one who seems to have had 700 drinks”he said to the chair referee.

Conversations with his people also became with the referee. The madness of him was gradually spreading more and more elements of the track, concentrating all the attention and leaving Djokovic in the background.

He was the lead actor and absorbed all the roles in the film. With the 4-4 in the third, the Australian escaped to 40-0, masterfully raised by Djokovic. But no cameras were aimed at the Serbian; They were all with Kyrgios, in front of his team, that I congratulate you ironically after a double fault and a backhand with which he delivered the partial.

As in the second set, when he wasted a 0-40, Kyrgios was now shooting a 40-0 which cost him another set and, somehow, the match.

With the 2-1 already in his favor and the final under control, Djokovic went to the bathroom for ten minutes and left Kyrgios alone to talk in the chair. A monologue that helped him calm down, recover his serve and stabilize the game.

The fourth set, without opportunities with services, points to the ‘tie break’. A double foul from Kyrgios early paved the way for Djokovic, who scored 2-0 with an easy volley, but hit a forehand into the net that brought the Australian back to life.

But he just took it away. Four mistakes in a row resulted in the 6-1 in favor of a low-profile Djokovic, who transformed his third match point and clinched his seventh title in London. He squatted on the grass and tasted the flavor, the one he already knows so well.

The Belgrade boasts 27 consecutive wins at Wimbledon, four trophies in a row, the same as Pete Sampras and one of five in a row won by Federer and Bjorn Borg. Numbers that place it as one of the best in the history of this surface.

With information from EFE