10th Australian Open for Novak Djokovic, equals Nadal’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles

MELBOURNE: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic has bagged his tenth Australian Open title. In the final, he defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece for 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5).

While Djokovic easily won the first set, the second and third sets took the game to a tie-braker. With this victory, Djokovic has levelled with Rafael Nadal's record of winning 22 Grand Slam crowns, the highest in history. Djokovic has also reclaimed his world number 1 position. He couldn’t play at the last Australian Open due to not taking Covid vaccine.

KING OF MELBOURNE 👑 @DjokerNole pic.twitter.com/myM619PTVN

— #AusOpen (@AustralianOpen) January 29, 2023

In women’s category, Belarus player Aryna Sabalenka bagged the Australian Open title by defeating Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan. Score: 4-6, 6-3 and 6-4.