Living as much as his ‘favorite’ tag within the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2023 season on Sunday, World No.4 Novak Djokovic eased previous Stefanos Tsitsipas to safe an unparalleled tenth Australian Open name on the iconic Rod Laver Arena. Extending his undefeated streak on the Melbourne Park, the Serbinator upstaged the World No.3 from Greece 6-3, 7-6, 7-6 to turn into the brand new Australian Open champion for a checklist tenth time. The 35-year-old Serb hasn’t ever misplaced a Grand Slam ultimate on the Australian Open.
Tsitsipas, who used to be eyeing his first-ever Grand Slam win on the Rod Laver Arena 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 successful streak to twenty-eight video games by way of successful the summit conflict. Djokovic’s exceptional successful run had come to a standstill when the Serbian used to be famously deported from Australia for now 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 outlet set, Djokovic remained forward of Tsitsipas after taking a 3-1 lead. After the fourth-seed upstaged Tsitsipas within the first set (6-3), the Greek used to be keen to revive parity within the Australian Open 2023 ultimate. However, Djokovic emerged victorious within the seesaw 2nd set which used to be made up our minds on a tiebreak. Djokovic sealed the second one set 7-6 (7/4) in 70 mins.
Djokovic, who has the longest successful streak on the Rod Laver Arena, secured his win No. 28 by way of wrapping up the 3rd set 6–3 in opposition to Tsitsipas. Improving his head-to-head checklist (11-2) in opposition to the World No.3, Djokovic thrashed Tsitsipas in directly units to win his twenty second Grand Slam on the Australian Open 2023. With the historical win, Djokovic has matched Rafael Nadal’s checklist of twenty-two Grand Slam name wins. Nicknamed the Djoker, the 35-year-old Serb has additionally reclaimed the World No.1 spot within the males’s ratings following his tenth name triumph on the Australian Open. Earlier, World No. 5 Aryna Sabalenka outclassed Elena Rybakina 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 within the girls’s singles ultimate on the Australian Open 2023 on Saturday.