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Novak Djokovic is still the king of Melbourne tennis. The 33-year-old Serbian also won his ninth final at the Australian Open yesterday. Djokovic was always the boss in the surprisingly one-sided final against undefeated Russian Daniil Medvedev’s last 20 matches and won after 1:53 hours with 7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 2.
“Novak is the champion here,” summed up Eurosport expert Boris Becker: “Melbourne is his home.” Djokovic not only reinforced his number one position in the world rankings, but now he won the 18th major title of his career. Only Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal (20 each) have more to their credit.
Djokovic congratulated and also thanked the tournament organizers in the extremely difficult conditions. “It was not easy, it was very challenging on many levels.” And he appreciated the place that brought him the greatest successes. “Thank you Rod Laver Arena, I love you more every year.”
Medvedev turned out to be a good loser. And the 25-year-old told a story when he was allowed to train with Djokovic years ago in Monaco “he is still number 500 or 600 in the world.” “He was already number one in the world. I thought he wouldn’t speak to me, the guy was a god to me. But he asked me questions, he spoke to me as a friend, that hasn’t changed. A great athlete and a great person.”
Women’s Favorite Victory
The female winner Naomi Osaka has set the highest goal of inspiring girls to play tennis. “That will sound strange. But hopefully I can play long enough to play a girl who said she was her favorite player,” the 23-year-old Japanese said after her final 6-4, 6-3 victory over American outsider Jennifer. . Brady.
Naomi osaka Image: Reuters
Australian Open in Melbourne (Grand Slam, € 45.05 million, hard): men, final: Djokovic (Srb / 1) – Medvedev (Rus / 4) 7: 5, 6: 2, 6: 2; Doubles, final: Dodig / Polasek (Kro / Svk / 9) – Ram / Salisbury (USA / Gb / 5) 6: 3, 6: 4; Women, finals: Osaka (Jpn / 3) – Brady (USA / 22) 6: 4, 6: 3; Mixed, final: Krejcikova / Ram (Tch / USA / 6) – Stosur / Ebden (Aus / WC) 6: 1, 6: 4. Best men’s eternal list in majors: 20 titles: Federer (Sz), Nadal (Sp) ; 18: Djokovic; 14: Sampras (United States); 12: Emerson (Aus); 11: Laver (from).
