Dwelling as much as his ‘favorite’ tag within the first Grand Slam occasion of the 2023 season on Sunday, World No.4 Novak Djokovic eased previous Stefanos Tsitsipas to safe an unprecedented tenth Australian Open title on the iconic Rod Laver Enviornment. Extending his undefeated streak on the Melbourne Park, the Serbinator upstaged the World No.3 from Greece 6-3, 7-6(4), 7-6(5) to turn into the brand new Australian Open champion for the file tenth time. The 35-year-old Serb has by no means misplaced a Grand Slam ultimate on the Australian Open.
Tsitsipas, who was eyeing his first-ever Grand Slam win on the Rod Laver Enviornment had additionally tasted a defeat in opposition to Djokovic within the 2021 French Open ultimate. Crossing swords with Tsitsipas in his thirty third main ultimate, Djokovic prolonged his Australian Open profitable streak to twenty-eight video games by profitable the summit conflict. Djokovic’s exceptional profitable run had come to a standstill when the Serbian was famously deported from Australia for not being vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19 in 2022.
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Breaking the serve of World No.3 within the fourth sport of the opening set, Djokovic remained forward of Tsitsipas after taking a 3-1 lead. After the fourth-seeded upstaged Tsitsipas within the first set (6-3), the Greek was keen to revive parity within the Australian Open 2023 ultimate. Nevertheless, Djokovic emerged triumphant within the seesaw second set which was selected a tiebreak. Djokovic sealed the second set 7-6 (7/4) in 70 minutes.
Djokovic, who has the longest profitable streak on the Rod Laver Enviornment, secured his win No. 28 by wrapping up the third set 7-6(5) in opposition to Tsitsipas. Enhancing his head-to-head file (11-2) in opposition to the World No.3, Djokovic thrashed Tsitsipas in straight units to win his twenty second Grand Slam on the Australian Open 2023. With the historic win, Djokovic has matched Rafael Nadal’s file of twenty-two Grand Slam title wins. Nicknamed the Djoker, the 35-year-old Serb has additionally reclaimed the World No.1 spot within the males’s rankings following his tenth title triumph on the Australian Open. Earlier, World No. 5 Aryna Sabalenka outclassed Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 within the ladies’s singles ultimate on the Australian Open 2023 on Saturday.