He is about a year younger than Nadal and 6 1/2 younger than Federer, who turns 40 in August.
Open and one at the French Open for Djokovic.
So place the nine triumphs in Australia alongside five at Wimbledon, three at the U.S. Federer, Nadal, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem - all Grand Slam champions, all defeated by Djokovic in semifinals or finals in Melbourne. It is a familiar sentiment in this stadium, on this court, at this tournament. By the third, he kept looking up at his coach with palms up as if to ask, “What can I possibly do here?” Medvedev also had won his previous 12 matches against Top 10 opponents.īut going up against Djokovic in Australia is a much different challenge.īy the second set, as things slipped away, Medvedev bounced his white racket off the blue court, then absolutely destroyed it with a full-on spike. Open - but is still left trying collect his first such championship.ĭjokovic ended the 25-year-old Russian’s 20-match winning streak. 4-ranked Medvedev was appearing in his second Grand Slam final - he was the runner-up to Nadal at the 2019 U.S. That will give him 311 weeks in the top spot, breaking a mark held by Federer. 1 in the rankings at least through March 8. Looking at the bigger picture, Djokovic has won six of the last 10 major tournaments and is assured of remaining at No.
The 33-year-old from Serbia improved to 18-0 combined in semifinals and finals on the hard courts of the Australian Open. Djokovic used superb serving and his usual relentless returning and baseline supremacy to grab 11 of 13 games in one stretch and beat a visibly frustrated Medvedev on Sunday for a third trophy in a row at Melbourne Park.
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