Australian Open 2023 ultimate: Stefanos Tsitsipas stands between Novak Djokovic and twenty second Grand Slam title

Novak Djokovic will look to rise above the Melbourne Park drama and win a record-extending tenth Australian Open title in opposition to Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Jan 28, 2023 21:46 IST

Australian Open: Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas battle for title, World No.1 (AP/Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: Novak Djokovic is bidding to win the Australian Open males’s singles title for a record-extending tenth time and equal Rafael Nadal’s report of twenty-two Grand Slam titles as he faces Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas within the ultimate of the continued Australian Open 2023.

There can be loads on the road for him and Tsitsipas, a 24-year-old Greek who can be competing in his second Grand Slam ultimate – 31 fewer than Djokovic. In addition to the title, the winner will rise to No. 1 within the ATP rankings, a place Djokovic has held greater than anybody else and Tsitsipas has by no means held.

Djokovic has a 27-match unbeaten streak on the venue, the longest within the Open’s 55-year historical past. And now he solely wants another victory, in opposition to Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday’s ultimate. Djokovic leads their head-to-head collection 10-2, together with 9 consecutive victories

For the primary time in fifteen years, his mother and father and brother are again on the event, however Novak’s dad was unable to make it to Friday night time’s 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 semifinal victory over Tommy Paul after being noticed two days earlier exterior Rod Laver Arena with supporters of Russia. Djokovic is not sure if his father will watch the championship sport.

“I mean, sounds like a cliché, but you really have to accept it. It’s much easier said than done. In my case, I feel like things are just kind of piling on, adding on, somehow, for one reason or another,” he mentioned.

“I mean, it’s not an ideal situation or circumstance to be in when you have to kind of deal with all these other outside factors that are not really necessary during such an important event. But it’s been part of my life, unfortunately, the last few years, more so. I just try to evolve from it. I try to become more resilient, more stronger.”

Even Nadal and retired nice Roger Federer have by no means overwhelmed Djokovic in a ultimate at Melbourne Park, and the Serb is decided to extending that report.

“Of course, I have professional goals and ambitions. Those are Grand Slams and being number one in the world,” mentioned Djokovic.

“So I do want to make more history of this sport, no doubt.”

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Jan 28, 2023