Novak Djokovicthe main ambassador of HEAD Tennis, wrote another extraordinary chapter in tennis history on January 29 by winning his tenth Australian Open singles title and bringing to 22 the number of Grand Slams he has won throughout his career.
Serbian player Novak Djokovic (35 years old) defeated Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas in three sets in the final of the Australian Open in Melbourne and thus extended his impressive record to the first Grand Slam of the season. In fact, to understand the dominance of the player from Belgrade on Australian soil, it is enough to say that his last loss at Melbourne Park was against the Korean Hyeon Chung in the fourth round of 2018. Since then, ‘ Nole’ won the titles in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023.
And no small feat. First for being the first Grand Slam of the season, then for winning his ‘first major’ and then for his tenth Australian Open title equaled Rafa Nadal’s 22 Grand Slam titleswithout forgetting that in the ‘major’ won in the final against Tsitsipas, Novak reached 21 consecutive wins in Australia, which is why he cried unceasingly, first when he hugged his family and team in the box, and then on the foot track while waiting for the big moment: take the champion’s trophy.
“This is biggest win of my career. Only my family and my team know what happened in the last few weeks. Last year I couldn’t play and I came back this year, thanks to all the people who made me feel good in Melbourne”, said the former Serbian player, who added, still excited afterwards: “I want to finish my speech in by saying something about Greece and Serbia. We are small countries and we don’t have great players where we see ourselves. I think the message to young tennis players watching this is to dream big and don’t let anyone take that dream away from you.”
After reigning in Australia, Djokovic now has a total of 93 titles on the circuit, putting him within striking distance of Jimmy Connors’ record of 109. Of the 22 Grand Slam titles held by ‘Nole’, ten were won at the Australian Open , two on the clay of Roland Garros in Paris, seven on the green of Wimbledon and three in the US Open. The Serbian is also the only tennis player in history to win the ‘big four’ at least once in his lifetime, along with Rafa Nadal, Roger Federer and Andre Agassi.
“Novak keeps rewriting the record books”commented an elated Ottmar Barbian, executive vice president of HEAD’s racket sports division. “Tennis in its most modern form as we know it today will celebrate its 150th anniversary next year, and we are very proud that possibly the greatest player in history has played HEAD rackets since he was a junior. title. , hopefully sometime this year”.
After winning the Australian Open, Djokovic will try to continue growing his legend and win a new Grand, where he will be the tennis player, waiting for what Rafa Nadal can do, who has more majors in his sports resume . The first chance he will get is at Wimbledon, where he won the last two editions, the last one last year, where he also won the ATP Finals, the ATP Masters 1000 in Rome and the ATP 500 in Astana.
Djokovic, 35, currently plays HEAD’s Speed series rackets.
Source: La Verdad
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