8th Title for Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic has claim his eighth Australian Open title. It was not a cruise for the world number 2 tennis player as he had to come back to beat 5th-seeded Dominic Thiem 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the championship match.

The win take his titles haul to 17, behind only Rafael Nadal (19) and Roger Federer (20) for the men category.


He describe his victory as Turbulent. In his words after the game:“Turbulent, I would say,” 



“It started off really well. I broke his serve right away. I felt the experience on my side playing many Australian Open finals, for him it was his first. It was very important for me to break his serve early in the match, which happened.
“After I lost the second set, I started to feel really bad on the court. My energy dropped significantly.


“To be honest, I don’t still understand the reason why that has happened because I’ve been doing the things that I’ve been doing before all of my matches. I was hydrated well and everything. Apparently the doctor said I wasn’t hydrated enough.


“I was on the brink of losing the match. Dominic is a fantastic tennis player that plays with tremendous amount of power in his shots, especially from the forehand side. He uses his slice really well. He disrupted my rhythm in my game at one point. He was a better player. Probably one point and one shot separated us. It could have gone a different way.


“I served and volleyed when I was facing a break point in the fourth and in the fifth. It worked both of the times.
“It could have also been different. Serve and volley is not something I’m accustomed to. I’m not really doing that that often. I kind of recognised that as an important tactic in those circumstances, and I’m really happy it worked.”

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