The world No 1 has endured a fraught relationship with the New York crowds. But he won them over on Sunday as his grand slam bid fell short
It was perhaps inevitable that Novak Djokovic’s frosty relations with the US Open crowd would at some point thaw. That he would one day receive the appreciation he has so often been denied in New York.
That resolution finally came on Sunday evening in an unexpected form inside a jam-packed Arthur Ashe Stadium, after a tournament defined by the unpredictable had delivered one final curveball.
