The 31-year-old Djokovic was at his brilliant, rebellious best against Del Potro, who tossed everything bar the kitchen sink at him in a retaining fight enduring three hours, 15 minutes. Del Potro, in his first Grand Slam since his 2009 win in New York, thundered back in a moment set that alone endured 95 minutes but Djokovic took the tie-break and after that pulled absent, at long last, within the third to claim his second Grand Slam of the summer.

“I anticipated, being genuine, very straight to the point, after surgery that I'll be back on a high level very quickly. But, you know, it took me really three, four months truly. In that development, I learned a part approximately myself, learned to be persistent, which was never truly a more grounded side of me. “But at the same time, you know, life appeared me that it takes time for great things, it takes time to truly construct them, for things to drop into put, so you'll middle yourself, adjust yourself and flourish. The final two months have been terrific.”

Six months back, as he played in Miami fair a few of months after elbow surgery, Djokovic looked all at the ocean, a pale shadow of his previous self. But on Sunday, and for large parts of the summer, he has been back to his exceptionally best. “If you told me in February this year when I got the surgery that I'll win Wimbledon, US Open, and Cincinnati, it would be difficult to believe,” Djokovic said. “But at the same time, there was continuously a portion of me that envisioned and accepted and hoped that I can get back on the required level of tennis exceptionally soon.

Along with the winners’ cheque of $3.8 million, Djokovic too earned 2,000 positioning focuses and is presently inside striking remove of Rafael Nadal at the beat. It would be an astounding accomplishment, but no astonish, ought to the conclusion up at No.1 come to the conclusion of the year.