For nearly three hours, Novak Djokovic was a master of precision, power and composure, blasting nearly every ball in the spot he intended in Sunday’s Australian Open final, Liz Clarke writes.
that made him question whether he could continue, was the subtext when Djokovic characterized it as one of the most challenging competitions of his life in accepting the trophy after slipping on a new warm-up jacket with a “22” on the chest.. “This is probably, I would say — the biggest victory in my life, considering the circumstances.”
“You make me a better player when I am on the court,” Tsitsipas said. “I have had the privilege to play a lot of high intensity games, but these are the matches I have been working my entire life for … I think he is the greatest that has ever held a tennis racket.”, in which Djokovic stormed back from a two-sets deficit to vanquish Tsitsipas in a gut-spilling ordeal that lasted more than four hours.
With coaching now permitted, Tsitsipas’s father, Apostolos, who is also his son’s coach, was a voluble courtside presence.
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