Cosmic racket: Djokovic is champion in Australia and again number 1 in the world

On what may have been the best day of his campaign, and even though he had so many, Serbian Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open this Sunday, beating Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6 (4-4) in the final. ) and 7-6 (5). With this victory, which means his twenty-second Grand Slam triumph, Nole managed to displace the young Spanish Carlos Alcaraz from number 1 in the world, but he also enjoyed a personal revenge, because of his reluctance to get vaccinated against Covid last year not only He could not play that tournament, but was taken almost detained at the airport to be deported by decision of the Australian government’s health area.

Djokovic will once again occupy the main position in the ATP ranking starting this Monday and will thus displace Alcaraz, who is the future of tennis and will return to reign later, but this week he will see the smiling Serbian with endless humor above him. And also, since we are talking about Spaniards, Nole succeeded with today’s victory over Rafa Nadal in the list of Grand Slam winners, since Rafa Nadal led that category with 22 victories.

Today was the 93rd tournament as a professional, he surpassed Nadal in that mark and only has ahead of the American Jimmy Connors and the Swiss Roger Federer.

Throughout the tournament, Djokovic showed an impressive level to leave behind players like the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, the Australian Álex de Minaur and the Russian Andrey Rublev, among others, where he only lost one set in the second round against the Frenchman. Enzo Cocoaud.

Djokovic’s 22 Grand Slam titles

This is the list of ‘major’ trophies won by the three tennis giants:

* Novak Djokovic (born May 22, 1987):

First title in Australia in 2008, last in Australia in 2023

Australian Open: 10 titles (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023)

Roland Garros: 2 titles (2016, 2021)

Wimbledon: 7 titles (2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)

US Open: 3 titles (2011, 2015, 2018)

*Rafael Nadal (born June 3, 1986):

First title at Roland Garros in 2005, last at Roland Garros in 2022

Australian Open: 2 titles (2009, 2022)

Roland Garros: 14 titles (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)

Wimbledon: 2 titles (2008, 2010)

US Open: 4 titles (2010, 2013, 2017, 2019)

* Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981):

First title at Wimbledon in 2003, last in Australia in 2018

Australian Open: 6 titles (2004, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017, 2018)

Roland Garros: 1 title (2009)

Wimbledon: 8 titles (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2017)

US Open: 5 titles (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)

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