{"id":162718,"date":"2023-01-29T12:55:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T11:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/?p=162718"},"modified":"2023-01-31T19:40:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T18:40:56","slug":"novak-clinches-10th-australian-open-title-returns-to-no-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/news\/tennis\/novak-clinches-10th-australian-open-title-returns-to-no-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Novak clinches 10th Australian Open title, returns to World No.1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another remarkable feat and another Grand Slam title added to the collection!<\/p>\n<p><strong>When Novak Djokovic converted his championship point against Tsitsipas in the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/ausopen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australian Open<\/a> final, not only did he lift a record-extending 10th Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, he also equalled one of the most important records in tennis history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Serbian ace is on equal terms with Spaniard Rafael Nadal on the Grand Slam titles leaderboard, with 22 Major trophies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nole\u2019s Grand Slam collection is mostly built on a foundation of consistent success at Melbourne Park, where he&#8217;s won 10 of his 22 biggest titles, and has been crowned champion at 10 of the past 16 editions of the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On Sunday, Novak Djokovic won his 93rd career title, beating no.3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in two hours and 56 minutes in Rod Laver Arena.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-162882\" src=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia-823x464.jpg 823w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia-267x150.jpg 267w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia-590x333.jpg 590w, https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/ausopen2023_20_profimedia-620x349.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Novak gained control early in the final, to take the opening set with a break in the fourth game. Although the 24-year-old Athens native raised his game in the second and third sets to ensure some gripping rallies, Djokovic was dominant at key moments. He saved a break\/set point at 4-5 in the second set with a sublime forehand winner and went on to clinch it in a tie-break.<\/p>\n<p>Tsitsipas claimed his only break of the match in the opening game of the third set, but Djokovic responded immediately to level. The 34-year-old tennis star produced another commanding tie-break display to clinch the historic victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThis is one of the most challenging tournaments that I have ever played in my life,\u201d<\/strong> said Novak. <strong>\u201cNot playing last year, coming back this year. I want to thank all the people who made me feel welcome. There is a reason why I have played my best tennis on this court, in front of legendary Rod Laver. It is a long journey. All my team and family knows what we have been through in the past four or five weeks and this is probably the biggest victory of my life.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cNovak, I don\u2019t know what to say. I think it speaks for itself with what you have achieved so far,\u201d<\/em> said Tsitsipas during the trophy <em>presentation<\/em> ceremony. <em>\u201cIt is all in the numbers, so congratulations. Not only to yourself but having such a supportive family. It has been such an unbelievable journey for you and I admire what you have done for our sport. You make me a better player when I am on court. Novak brings the best out of me and these are the matches I have been working my entire life for. He is one of the greatest in our sport.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7Dp-ks7rfqQ\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Match statistics: aces (7-15), double faults (3-3), winners (36-40), unforced errors (22-42), total points won (112-94).<\/p>\n<p><strong>With the triumph, Novak will return to the top of the ATP rankings on Monday, and will begin his 374th week at the summit of men&#8217;s professional tennis.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Novak will have four weeks off before going back on court at the <a href=\"https:\/\/dubaidutyfreetennischampionships.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships<\/a>, where he will be bidding for a sixth crown (2009-11, 2013, 2020). Last year Czech Jiri Vesely stopped him in the quarter-finals &#8211; 4-6, 6-7 (4).<\/p>\n<p>You can download Nole 2023 February desktop calendar <a href=\"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Calendar_February2023.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Photos: Profimedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Novak converted his championship point against no.3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open final (6-3, 7-6, 7-6), not only did he lift a record-extending 10th Norman Brookes Challenge Cup, he will also return to the top of the ATP rankings on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":162955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[101013305,101011061,101010437,101010469,101012415,101013319],"class_list":["post-162718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis","tag-australian-open-2023-en","tag-champion-en","tag-final-en","tag-grand-slam-en-2","tag-melbourne-en","tag-stefanos-tsitsipas-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162718"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163025,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162718\/revisions\/163025"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novakdjokovic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}