The rankings do not yet reflect it, but there can be no doubt which man is playing the finest tennis in the world. On his last visit to American hardcourts, in March, Novak Djokovic looked like a man in a dinghy without a motor or a sail, losing his opening-round matches in Indian Wells, Calif., and Miami. But that confounding trip, part of a malaise that lasted nearly two years, is now part of the past. After returning to the fore by winning Wimbledon in July, he returned to dominance by winning the United States Open for the third time on Sunday night. His 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over Juan Martín del Potro under a closed roof at Arthur Ashe Stadium was a brilliant display of Djokovic’s suffocating skill set.

Source: New York Times September 09, 2018 23:40 UTC