The Australian Open occupies a very prominent place in Novak Djokovic’s extraordinary sporting career. The Serbian clearly feels very comfortable in this tournament, the first of four Grand Slams held every season.
The Serbian made his Australian Open debut in 2005 at the age of 17.. He lost in the first round to that year’s champion, Russian Marat Safin. The following season he also lost on his debut to American Paul Goldstein. That’s it Things started to change in 2007: Djokovic won nine of the first ten sets of the match until he lost in straight sets to Roger Federer in the fourth round. His story begins here.
In 2022, Noll will be absent because he has not received the covid-19 vaccine. But since he won the Australian Open for the first time in 2008, His performance in this competition is usually very good.His last loss in the first game main The best result this season was in the fourth round of 2018, against South Korean player Hyeon Chung. At that time, Djokovic was forced to rest due to a right elbow injury and was returning to the court.
This is Djokovic’s Australian Open
Djokovic wins 10th title in Australia He won 24 Grand Slams until 2023 yes The most successful men’s tennis player in tournament historyhigher than Roger Federer and local Roy Emerson, who each won the title six times.
Year 2008: Djokovic’s first Australian Open title at that time 21 years. He defeated Frenchman Tsonga in the final, who had just defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals (6-2, 6-3, 6-2).Nole had to play more in the other semi-final, but Defeated Roger Federerwinning the 2004, 2006 and 2007 championships.
year 2011: consecutive year Djokovic’s third consecutive title in Australia. He faced the previous champion Federer in the semifinals and defeated Federer in a close match (7-6, 7-5, 6-4). In the final, he defeated Scotland’s Andy Murray by a larger margin (6-4, 6-2, 6-3).
2012: Tennis fans must remember In the marathon final against Rafa Nadal, Djokovic finally won 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (7-5) and 7-5 after nearly six hours of play..With this title, it also has a unique flavor The 100th Australian OpenSerbian joins list of tennis champions Three consecutive Grand SlamsNadal himself, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, Jack Crawford, Don Bache, Lou Hodder and Rod Laver were already there. Djokovic just won the 2011 US Open and Wimbledon titles.
year 2013: With this title, Djokovic became andThe first tennis player in the Open Era to win three consecutive Australian Open titles.After his release he did a huge battle The fourth round against Swiss player Stanislas Wawrinka (the match lasted five hours, Noel won 1-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7) and 12-10. The final against Andy Murray was also long (four hours), but Djokovic just beat David Ferrer very easily (6-2, 6-2, 6-1), while the Brit Then he tried his best to eliminate Federer (6-4, 6) –7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-7 (2-7), 6-2), and fought hard in the first two sets until the The Serbian was clearly surpassed in four sets (6 –7 (2 –7), 7–6 (7–3), 6–3, 6–2).
2015: Wawrinka ended Nole’s streak in Australia in 2014 and was his opponent in one of this edition’s semi-finals, but he found himself The difficult Djokovictotaling from that year to 2016 Grand Slam match winning streak (30 games). The Swiss fought until the fourth set, in which he was soundly defeated by the Balkan tennis player (7-6 (7-1), 3-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 ). The final played out similarly, but shorter: Andy Murray played inch by inch in the first two sets, relaxed a bit in the third, and fell without concessions in the fourth (7-6 (7-5), 6–7 (4–7), 6–3, 6–0).
2016: This is a great moment in Djokovic’s career and beating him seems like a difficult task.With this title the Serbian He equaled local Roy Emerson’s record of six Australian Open titles. and began to introduce his name among the great figures in the history of tennis, reaching Wins the same number of Grand Slams as Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg (11). He easily defeated Federer in the semifinals (6-1, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3) and defeated Andy Murray again in the final, this time in straight sets (6-1, 6-3). 7-5), 7–6 (7-3)).
2019: Djokovic regained control of the Australian Open that same year after Federer (this time out in the fourth round) won back-to-back titles. He remained No. 1 in the ATP rankings for 250 consecutive weeks. His semi-final match against Frenchman Lucas Pouille (6-0, 6-2, 6-2) was a real storm, while in the final he had to face Rafael Nadal , his record with Nadal is quite good, but the record is quite mediocre (Noel beat him 27 times and was defeated by the Spaniard in the other 25 times).The unknown Nadal is no obstacle for the Serb; amazing authority (6-3, 6-2 and 6-3) in a match that lasted just two hours.
2020: At the beginning of the season, Djokovic was Keys to Serbia’s victory in ATP CupThat year, the event was restarted as the beginning of the tennis schedule before the first Grand Slam, the Australian Open. Noel played well throughout the match, easily defeating Federer in the semi-finals (7-6 (7-1), 6-4, 6-3) and defeating Austrian Dominic Thiem (6-4). ) encountered greater resistance. , 4-6, 2-6, 6-3 and 6-4), which also comes after they defeated the past two games (the French Open semi-finals and round robin Masters Cup), but despite several lapses in concentration, beat him and angered the referee.
2021: Although he has courted controversy for his reluctance to take the covid-19 vaccine, Djokovic has a great 2021 in sports: In March, he equaled Roger Federer’s Open Era world number one record (310 weeks) and was on the verge of winning four Grand Slam titles, but he himself failed to win at the U.S. Open. thwarted this achievement. In the Australian Open final that season, Russian Daniil Medvedev unquestionably defeated another tennis player as talented and cantankerous as he was (7-5, 6- 2 and 6-2).
2023: With this championship, Djokovic’s new record began to take shape: winning the Australian Open again, Noel ties Rafael Nadal for most Grand Slam wins (22) Then he surpassed that with his dedication at Roland Garros and the U.S. Open.He failed to stay in the semi-finals as Carlos Alcaraz defeated him in the Wimbledon final, but Established his title as Australia’s most wins (10), this time he didn’t find much resistance at the table, with Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev and Kaspar Ruud soon being left behind.Djokovic as Alcaraz withdraws from match due to injury A trip without major surprises Until he won in the final, Greece’s Tsitsipas performed well in the last two sets but was still defeated (6-3, 7-6 and 7-6) Australian Grand Slam record holder.
