Stefanos Tsitsipas was defeated soundly by Novak Djokovic within the Australian Open closing, enabling the Serb to a record-extending tenth Australian Open title. After the match, the Greek star lauded Djokovic and stated, “He’s the best to have ever held a tennis racket,” to rapturous ovation from the group.
“I’ve had the privilege to play loads of excessive depth matches, however I want to say yet one more time that Novak brings the very best out of me and these are the matches I’ve been working my whole life for. I want to thanks for pushing our sport to this point and it deserves a participant such as you who pushes each single participant who’s concerned on this sport,” Tsitsipas added.
In a rematch of the 2021 French Open decider, 24-year-old Tsitsipas was unable to transform the few possibilities he had as he did not cease Djokovic profitable his twenty second Grand Slam title, dropping 6-3 7-6(4) 7-6(5).
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The environment was electrical and the group typically unruly as Serbian and Greek followers bayed within the terraces as if roaring on soccer groups.
However on the end chants of “Nole! Nole” gained out as Djokovic tore right into a 5-0 lead within the closing tiebreak and closed out the match with a thumping forehand down the road that Tsitsipas might solely hit lengthy.
The 35-year-old Serb tapped his temple then his coronary heart as he walked ahead to shake palms with Tsitsipas earlier than leaping into his gamers field the place he embraced his mum and cried.
Djokovic’s triumph was the final word redemption a yr on from his sensational deportation from Australia on the eve of the Grand Slam as a consequence of his lack of COVID-19 vaccination.