Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic will play for his 10th Australian Open title and a record-tying 22nd Grand Slam championship after defeating American Tommy Paul, 7-5, 6-1, ...

It's a childhood dream to be capturing the No. It's a Grand Slam final, I'm fighting for the No. “After that I started swing through the ball more, so I’m just really pleased to get through (to) another final.” He has improved a lot over the years. I had no intention of being caught up in this.](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/1459323348.jpg) “Well, I won that match so my recollections are very positive,” Djokovic said. But the match turned with Paul serving at 5-6, 30-0 when he failed to hold. A statement from Victoria Police has confirmed all four men were evicted from the event. [said](https://nypost.com/2023/01/27/novak-djokovics-dad-srdjan-djokovic-responds-to-putin-flag-video/): “I am here to support my son only. The winner of the final will become world No. Djokovic’s mother, Dijana, and brother, Djordje, were in his box, while there was an empty seat where his father had been sitting. Djokovic leads Tsitsipas 10-2, but the Greek has a 2-1 advantage on outdoor hard courts.

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After that I was swinging through the ball more and I am just pleased to get through another final.” Djokovic holds the record for the most time spent as the world No. Long rallies and you could feel the heavy legs in the first set but I was fortunate to hold my nerves. It’s a grand slam final, I’m fighting for the No. 5 in the world, the Serb played a limited schedule in 2022 because of his decision not to be vaccinated against Covid-19. “I just see no downside or negativity in what I’m trying to do out there,” Tsitsipas said. Djokovic was able to correct the skid and close out the opening set. It might not go the way I want it to, but I put 110 percent out there.” I know what’s expected and I have been in so many positions in my career,” he said in his on-court interview immediately afterwards. The final is set to be a thrilling encounter and whoever wins will be crowned the new men’s world No.1. But, Paul – the huge underdog after a dream run to the semifinal – fought back by breaking Djokovic’s serve twice to level the set at 5-5. “Long live the Russia,” he says.

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And always having that ambiance in the background somewhere feels so good when I’m able to hit the ball and get such a reward back from the fans.” But he is a dangerous opponent and derailed the Australian Open bids of Tiafoe and Korda to reach the semifinals. “I thought about how hard I’ve worked to get into this position, and it takes a little bit more,” Tsitsipas said of his mentality entering the fourth set. Tsitsipas closed the match in three hours, 21 minutes in signature fashion, with booming serves and a forehand winner. Tsitsipas, 24, earned his first spot in the Australian Open’s final with a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 6-7 (8-6), 6-3 victory over Russia’s Karen Khachanov. 1 Carlos Alcaraz](https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/09/australian-open-withdrawals-naomi-osaka/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5) from contesting the season’s first major and the early-round defeats of [world No.

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Paul got on the board in the third by holding serve in the fifth game, however Djokovic could not be stopped on his way to securing a straight-sets win. The third set was one-way traffic, with Djokovic snaring a double-break as he leapt out to a 4-0 advantage. The chant resumed after Djokovic broke Paul's serve in the next game to claim the first set, with the former world number one pumping his left fist in the air as if he was conducting the crowd's response. Djokovic was able to stem the tide in the 11th game when he held, as his fans chanted his nickname 'Nole' around the centre-court stadium. It was during the seventh game — when he had a set point — that Djokovic let his emotions boil over after he got involved in a dispute with chair umpire Damien Dumusois over his use of a towel between points. Djokovic appeared nervous in the opening game of the first set, as Paul twice had a break point on his opponent's serve.

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It’s the first time I’m going to the towel this game and you start the clock before I touch the towel. Djokovic: "The ball kids are not allowed to give me the towel. Djokovic: "Why did you start the clock?

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“It’s not when a player gets to the towel box. Then he’s got to fight off not just Tommy Paul, but quite a number of the spectators. Nine’s Jim Courier explained: “Novak is trying to figure out when the clock should start.

Novak Djokovic faces Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Australian Open men's singles final, bidding to tie Rafael Nadal's men's Grand Slam titles record.

He got into a bit of a discussion with the chair umpire. That drought will continue for now, because even though Djokovic was not at his best in the opening set, he was good enough at the end of it, breaking in the last game, and never relented. He got broken when serving for the set there. Djokovic saved that, but then another missed backhand provided another break chance to someone playing the biggest match of his life. In the first game, Djokovic flubbed an overhead, a weakness he’s never solved. The serving was so-so. The 25-year-old was born in New Jersey and grew up in North Carolina, playing tennis at a club where the walls were festooned with posters of Andy Roddick — the last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title, way back at the 2003 U.S. The shotmaking was subpar. There was a pause in that string of victories a year ago, of course, when Djokovic was deported from Australia before competition began because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. If he can add one more to go alongside his seven titles at Wimbledon, three at the U.S. 1 in the ATP rankings. 1 there back in 2008, but his father stayed away from this match after getting caught up in a flap connected to spectators who brought banned Russian flags on site earlier in the week.

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Despite failing to get over the line when serving for the match at 5-4 in the third set, then with two match points in the tiebreak, he kept his cool to secure the win and a date with Djokovic. Experience helps also," he added of being in another final. At 24, Tsitsipas is the youngest man to reach the Melbourne final since a 23-year-old Djokovic in 2011. In the previous one, at Roland Garros in 2021, he fell to Djokovic in five sets after holding a 2-0 lead. A run-in with the umpire over using his towel between points seemed to rattle Djokovic and he was broken twice in a row as Paul came surging back to 5-5. "Of course, I'm not as fresh as the beginning of the tournament but we put in a lot of hours in the off-season on fitness in order to be in a good condition to play best of five (sets).

Novak Djokovic advanced to the Australian Open final after defeating American Tommy Paul. The nine-time tournament winner will face Stefanos Tsitsipas on...

That drought will continue for now, because even though Djokovic was not at his best in the opening set, he was good enough at the end of it, breaking in the last game, and never relented. In the first game, Djokovic flubbed an overhead, a weakness he’s never solved. Djokovic got broken when serving for the set there. The serving was so-so. The 25-year-old was born in New Jersey and grew up in North Carolina, playing tennis at a club where the walls were festooned with posters of Andy Roddick — the last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title, way back at the 2003 U.S. The shotmaking was subpar. Open and two at the French Open, Djokovic would equal Nadal for the most Grand Slam trophies earned by a man. Djokovic is now a perfect 19-0 over the last two rounds in Melbourne, and his nine triumphs there already are a men’s record. There was a pause in that string of victories a year ago, of course, when Djokovic was deported from Australia before competition began because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. And so, not surprisingly, he overcame some shaky play in the early going and took over the match, beating Paul 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 to close in on a 10th Australian Open championship and 22nd Grand Slam title overall. 1 in the ATP rankings. Forget about how Djokovic produced twice as many unforced errors, 24, as winners, 12, in the opening set.

The Serbian hopes to have his father in his box for the final against Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday.

I hope he’s going to be feeling OK to be in the courts because I would like to have him there for the finals.” “Of course, it’s not pleasant for me to go through this with all the things that I had to deal with last year and this year in Australia. “Of course, it wasn’t pleasant not to have him in the box. “I can’t be angry with him or upset because I can say it was not his fault. Speaking at a press conference, Djokovic said: “It was unfortunate that the misinterpretation of what happened has escalated to such a high level. Unfortunately some of the media has interpreted that in a really wrong way.

Djokovic said his father thought he was posing for pictures with Serbian fans and said the situation was 'misinterpreted'

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Russian and Belarusian players have been allowed to play at the Australian Open, French Open and U.S. “Tennis Australia stands with the call for peace and an end to war and violent conflict in Ukraine.” Russia invaded, with help from Belarus, in February.

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Unfortunately some of the media has interpreted that in a really wrong way. "There was a lot of Serbian flags around. "It was unfortunate that the misinterpretation of what happened has escalated to such a high level. It really hurts and I don't understand how this can be possible." Then, of course, I was not pleased to see that. I hope that people will let it be, and we can focus on tennis.

Novak Djokovic speaks to reporters after defeating Tommy Paul at the Australian Open. William West/AFP/Getty Images. CNN —.

“Of course, it wasn’t, again, pleasant not to have him in the box [on Friday],” he said. “I hope to have him. “The photo that he made, he was passing through,” said Djokovic. “As my father put in a statement, we are against the war, we never will support any violence or any war. But I hope people understand that there was absolutely no intention whatsoever to support any kind of war initiatives or anything like that. “I heard what he said in the video.

The 35-year-old is scything his way through the Australian Open in a haze of righteous fury after being deported a year ago.

He remains, for example, a disciple of the wellness guru Chervin Jafarieh, who has a podcast with the amazingly terrible/brilliant name Wake The Fake Up, who starts each day with an hour and a half of trampolining followed by a mouthful of “longevity mushrooms”, and who basically wants to sell you his wellness products via Novak’s Instagram page. Is this all forbidden fruit, a tennis version of the good bits with the devil in Paradise Lost that you’re not supposed to enjoy? Is it wrong, is it weak, is it politically suspect to appreciate the dark pleasure in this revenger’s story, the extraordinary dramatic arc? Now, a year on, we have this, a 35-year-old scything his way through the tournament in a haze of righteous fury. By the end Djokovic was playing at something close to his most irresistible pitch, a level of intensity and precision where the opponent basically becomes irrelevant, an ominous prospect for Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday afternoon. And yet aged 35 he is now on the verge of completing one of the most mind-bogglingly cinematic narrative arcs in sporting history.

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Unfortunately some of the media has interpreted that in a really wrong way. "There was a lot of Serbian flags around. "It was unfortunate that the misinterpretation of what happened has escalated to such a high level. It really hurts and I don't understand how this can be possible." Then, of course, I was not pleased to see that. I hope that people will let it be, and we can focus on tennis.

Novak Djokovic will look to his experience as a nine-time Australian Open champion when he meets Stefanos Tsitsipas in Sunday's final in Melbourne.

“[A] personal reason is that I feel on the tennis court I always have an opportunity to learn something new about myself [and] fight with my own demons, that I guess we all have,” said Djokovic. Tying Nadal in the Grand Slam titles race with victory in Melbourne would set Djokovic up to push for more historic achievements in 2023. Yet he will take nothing for granted in the knowledge that the 24-year-old third seed has more than enough incentive to bring his best to [Rod Laver](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rod-laver/l058/overview) Arena. “When we're on the tennis court in the midst of a battle, some of the things surface, and I have to deal with it. Then [it] was quite smooth sailing, I would say, from the beginning of the second towards the end of the match. The Serbian led 5-1, 40/30 but allowed the American back into the set at 5-5, before Djokovic regained his composure just in time to clinch a set in which he hit 24 unforced errors. He could equal [Rafael Nadal](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/rafael-nadal/n409/overview)’s record of 22 Grand Slam crowns with victory over Tsitsipas, while whichever player wins is also set to claim the No. “Of course, still the job needs to be done on the court,” said Djokovic, who has won his past nine tour-level meetings against the Greek. “I think that the experience of being in this particular situation and circumstances before helps. I'm really glad to overcome that crisis towards the end of the first set. “I'm of course very satisfied and pleased to be in another Grand Slam final,” said Djokovic after riding out his rough patch to reach his 10th championship match at the hard-court major. “I know his game pretty well.