Novak Djokovic defeated Stéfanos Tsitsipás and won the Australian Open for the tenth time: he will be the new number 1 in the world

Novak Djokovic won the first set of the Australian Open final against Stéfanos Tsitsipás (Reuters)

The Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (3), who has rediscovered his best version after a season full of doubts, tries to stop the colossus Novak Djokovic (4), in a final of the Australian Open that will determine the new world number one.

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The Serbian prevailed against the 25-year-old North American in three sets and got tickets to the definition where he will seek to reach Rafael Nadal as the most Grand Slam winner. He will face the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas

However, in the first set he could not with the forcefulness of the Serbian, who won 6-3 despite having put up a fight from the start. Nole got the first break of the match in the fourth game after a double fault from the Greek, making it 3-1 on the board and then taking advantage of the serve and stretching the lead to 4-1.

From then on, Djokovic dominated despite both splitting sets to the end holding serve.

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Djokovic plays with the objective of reaching the 22 grands of the Spanish Rafael Nadal (1), which he could match in the case of being proclaimed champion against a Tsitsipas who is looking for his first ‘Slam’ conquest.

For the second round, aware of the Serbian’s boost after winning the first set, Tsitsipas came out more aggressive. Both tennis players held their serve in a great demonstration of intensity that the public recognized with a shower of applause at the Rod Laver Arena at the end of the seventh game (4-3 for the 24-year-old).

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The pulse continued until the end of the second set. Both the one from Belgrade and the one from Athens could not break their serves. Although Tsitsipas was close to doing it in the tenth game with a set point in his favor, the former world number 1 was able to recover and stretch the definition (5-5). Finally, the set ended in favor of Djokovic in the tiebreak (6-6 / 7-4).

Tennis – Australian Open – Men’s Singles Final – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 29, 2023 Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas reacts during his final match against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic REUTERS/Hannah Mckay

Far from giving up, Stefanos Tsitsipas came out with everything in the third set and broke the Serb’s serve, however, after wasting some plays with unforced errors, he ended up giving up his. In return, Nole did take advantage of the break and took advantage of it (2-1).

The Greek’s stumble at the start of the third set seemed to demoralize him. Although he continued to hold his serves, Djokovic defended the lead very well, taking the game at his own pace in the closing stages and going up 5-4, staying one game away from the title.

In an attempt not to give up, Tsitsipas held his serve and stretched the definition of the set after making it 5-5 on the scoreboard. However, an experienced 35-year-old tennis player, he finally came back to shout champion again in this tournament for the tenth time in his career by defeating his rival in the tiebreak (7-6 / 7-5). With a remarkable superiority, the Serbian managed to impose conditions and sentence the match in three sets.

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