Daniil Medvedev was playing with full concentration against the World Number 1 Novak Djokovic. He was able to defeat him in the final of the US Open. He even took revenge for his Australian Open final loss by winning the match 6-4 6-4 6-4. It was an iconic moment of Daniil’s career and he wanted everyone to remember his legendary performance.
Medvedev answering @ReemAbulleil’s question about his celebration is a pure joy to watch 😃😂
🎥@usopen pic.twitter.com/IRbLtJNvow
— Oleg S. (@AnnaK_4ever) September 13, 2021
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Daniil Medvedev’s iconic winning FIFA celebration against Novak Djokovic
Daniil decided to reunite two popular sports through his legendary celebration. After his win, Daniil decided to go with a popular celebration from EA Sports’ FIFA. Moreover, he later explained that he really loves playing FIFA during his free time and absolutely adores it.
During the post-match interview, he cleared that this was an iconic Dead Fish celebration that most FIFA players use after scoring a goal. He said he was imagining that “I’m gonna win against Novak or whatever and to not celebrate it would be too boring because I do it all the time. So I needed to do something but I wanna make it special. I like to play FIFA and also PlayStation, it’s called the Dead Fish celebration.”
🎮 L2 + Left
😏 @DaniilMedwed #USOpen pic.twitter.com/oJB7iRckuv
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) September 12, 2021
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Why Daniil Medvedev chose the FIFA celebration
The main reason why Dannil chose the FIFA celebration is he talked to the guys in the locker and they thought it would be a legendary celebration. After hearing those words, he told what he thought at the moment, “That’s how I wanna make it; I wanna make it legendary for myself. It’s not because I wanted to be in the newspaper. I wanted to make people laugh, for my friends to laugh, and I even got hurt a little bit while celebrating.”
“Only legends will understand what I did after the match is L2+Left.” Daniil’s whole celebration became a huge highlight of the whole US Open. Furthermore, considering his love towards FIFA, it looks like we will definitely see more iconic FIFA celebrations in the future as well.
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