This past Sunday Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open for the 10th time in his career, beating Stefanos Tsitsipas.
With this victory, Djokovic tied Rafael Nadal on the most Grand Slam titles a man has won (22). Rafael Nadal saw an early exit of the tournament due to a hip injury.
The Serbian defeated with ease Tsitsipas in three straight sets: 6-3, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5). The game lasted 2 hours and 56 minutes. The poor start from Stefanos was what really compromised him in the first set. He then caught on into the game and was able to even get Novak to two tiebreakers in the second and third set.
This wasn’t enough to win the final as Djokovic claimed the victory at the end.
ATP & WTP rankings
With his current victory, Djokovic now seats as No 1 of the ATP ranking dethroning Carlos Alcaraz. He moved from being No 5 previously to now being No 1, being the biggest jump to first place in the 50 year history the computerized ranking for men’s tennis has been around. Alcaraz decreased to No 2. He wasn’t able to participate in the AO due to a leg injury.
On the other hand, we have Aryna Sabalenka who won the Women’s Australian Open. She now seats as No 2 in the WTP ranking only topped by Iga Swiatek. She went from being No 5 to No 2 all thanks to this victory.
Source: ESPN
