The Serbian legend Novak Djokovic has scripted history making the world bow ahead of him yet another time in the iconic Rod Laver Arena to win the record 10th Australian Open title outclassing the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets 6-3,7-6, 7-6 (7-5).
With this Novak now matches his long-time rival, another great of the game Rafael Nadal with 22 career Grand Slams, winning all four majors multiple times. Moreover, the Serb has bettered his own record and has never lost a final every time he has played in Melbourne.
The Greek played his heart out to save the game in the third set in a bid to earn his first Grand Slam title taking it deep to 7-5, however, Djokovic was good enough to maintain his ultimate dominance in his den, ‘The Rod Laver Arena’.
Ending the third set 6-6, Stefanos tried extremely well to match the 21-time Grand Slam champion, squandering championship points twice, however, it was Djoker yet again all over the Rod Laver arena to become the planet’s greatest yet again.
The two had met each other in the summit clash at French Open 2021. The Serb had then secured a 6-7 (6-8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 win against Tsitsipas.
The Serbian star remained purely dominant in the entire course of the game winning the first decently against the Greek 6-3. In the second set, Tsitsipas put in a better show to match him up taking the game to the tie-breaker, where the Serbian prevailed again.
Serbian fans were all charged during the entire length of the game to cheer their country’s greatest-ever sporting legend to watch him script history in the game they love to celebrate.
Whereas in the women’s summit clash of the year’s first major tournament, Aryna Sabalenka came from a set down to beat Elena Rybakina in the final of the Australian Open women's singles event at the Rod Laver Arena.
The fifth-seed Belarusian defeated the 22nd-seed Kazakh player 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to clinch her maiden singles Grand Slam. The reigning Wimbledon champion looked to dominate in the first set, however, was completely outplayed by Sabalenka who went on to fight her way to claim the decider, despite s