This australian open also allowed Djokovic win his 22nd Grand Slam title and equal Rafael Nadal’s record.
In addition, the Serbian, who won his 93rd tournament as a professional, surpassed the Spaniard in that mark and only has the American ahead of him Jimmy Connors and to the swiss Roger Federer.
Throughout the tournament, Djokovic showed an impressive level to leave behind players like the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the Australian Álex de Minaur and the Russian Andrey Rublev, among others, where he only lost one set in the second round against the Frenchman. Enzo Cocoaud.
Invincible in Australia
During the last years, Djokovic He was practically invincible in the australian openwhich is the first grand slams it’s from the season.
His first conquest in the tournament was in 2008while he also repeated what was achieved in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020 and 2021.
Also, he has 28 consecutive wins in the tournamentsince the last time he lost in Melbourne It was in 2018 against the South Korean Hyeon Chung.
During the award ceremony, Djokovic said: “Due to the circumstances, I can admit that this has been the most important victory of my life.”
In this way, the new champion highlighted the importance of achieving his twenty-second Grand Slam tournament and the conditions in which he did it, since in recent weeks he had problems in one of the hamstrings.
He also left a message for young tennis players: “Dream big, anything is possible and don’t let anyone take away your dreams.”
The duel with Nadal
the serbian Novak Djokovic equaled this Sunday to the Spanish Rafael Nadal in the record of 22 Grand Slam titleswhich meant a new chapter of a struggle to be located in the highest position in the history of tennis.
Below are the “majors” tournaments won by each of them:
Novak Djokvic (35 years old)
- Australian Open: 10 titles (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023).
- Roland Garros: 2 titles (2016 and 2021).
- Wimbledon: 7 titles (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022).
- US Open: 3 titles (2011, 2015 and 2018).
Rafael Nadal (36 years old)
- Australian Open: 2 titles (2009 and 2022).
- Roland Garros: 14 titles (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022).
- Wimbledon: 2 titles (2008 and 2010).
- United States Open: 4 titles (2010, 2013, 2017 and 2019).
Source: Ambito
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