Summary and highlights of Novak Djokovic 3-0 Stefanos Tsitsipas at Australian Open

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Novak Djokovic wins in the third set and becomes Australian Open champion 

We go to tie break after Tsitsipas wins the game;

Another game in white by Novak Djokovic who secures the tie break 

Again with difficulties, but Tsitsipas makes it 5-5 in this set.

Third game in white of the Serbian that could close the match to the rest;

Tsitsipas responded with another blank game.

Blank game of the former world number 1;

Game c & oacute; mode for the Greek tennis player who places the tie at three & nbsp;

Blank game by Novak Djokovic 

He suffered with the Tsitsipas service that took the game forward to tie the game at two;

The tennis player born in Belgrade began the game with a 40-0, but ended up complicating it;

Immediate response from the nine-time Australian Open champion to tie the match at one-all;

Starts the third set breaking the service Stefano Tsitsipas 

 

Djokovic takes the second in the tie break and is getting closer and closer to the Australian Open;

Djokovic wins the game and the second set will be decided in the tie break;

 

Game in white of Tsitsipas that ensures the tie break 

The Greek had a break ball and consequently a set, but Novak Djokovic saved it.

Tsitsipas won with the service and could close the set with the rest;

 

The Serbian wins with the service and puts the tie at four, we reach the moments where the set can be decided.

Difficult game for Stefano Tsitsipas who returned to take it forward;

Tsitsipas' ball goes out and it's 3-3 in this set.

Rocky game, but it held the Greek who is giving signs of improvement in this second set.

One of the few games that the Serbian tennis player suffered with the service, but he pulled it off.

Responded; the Greek who wins his first game in white;

Djokovic's break in his first service game of the second set

The first game of the second set goes to Stefano Tsitsipas 

 

With the serve Djokovic closes the first set of the match 

He won the eighth game Tsitsipas who closed it with a direct serve and already has six;

Djokovic closes the game with a direct serve and is now just one game away from clinching the first set.

The Greek tennis player wins again with his serve 

The former world number 1 confirmed the advantage;

This time the Belgrade-born player did not miss the opportunity to break and take the lead in the first set.

First game in white of the Serb in the match 

The Greek suffered his first service game in which he had to save two break balls;

The first game of the final of the Australian Open is taken by Novak Djokovic on serve 

It has been decided in the draw that Novak Djokovic  will start serving;

Stefano Tsitsipas has been for 15 hours and 16 minutes, while Novak Djokovic has been a few minutes less with 14 hours and 42 minutes 

The trophy to be won by either Novak Djokovic or Stefano Tsitsipas is already on the court.

 

These are the statistics of the two finalists at the Australian Open

 

First Round Tsitsipas 3-0 Halys

Second Round Tsitsipas 3-0 Hijikata

Third Round Tsitsipas 3-0 Griekspoor

Round of 16 Tsitsipas 3-2 Sinner

Quarterfinal Tsitsipas 3-0 Lehecka 

Semifinal Tsitsipas 3-1 Khachanov

 

 

 

 

First Round Djokovic 3-0 Roberto Carballes 

Second Round Djokovic 3-1 Couacaud 

Third Round Djokovic 3-0 Dimitrov 

Round of 16 Djokovic 3-0 Alex de Minaur 

Quarterfinal Djokovic 3-0 Rublev

Semifinal Djokovic 3-0 Tommy Paul

 

 

This will not be just any final for these two tennis players, since in addition to the first Grand Slam of this 2023 is also at stake to be the number 1 in the world after the absence of the current number 1, Carlos Alcaraz and the early eliminations of Rafa Nadal and Daniil Medvedev. These two players have already faced each other in five finals, this will be the sixth and in all the previous ones the title fell in the hands of Novak Djokovic. Two of those finals were last year at the Rome ATP and the Astana ATP and only once the final was in a Grand Slam, it happened at Roland Garros in 2021.

 

The Serbian tennis player will seek to equal Rafa Nadal in Grand Slams and if he wins it would be his tenth Australian Open. While Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has won six ATP titles, still does not know what it is to win a Grand Slam and will have a chance to win a Grand Slam. 

 

 

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This is the kick-off time of the match in several countries:
Argentina: 04:30 hrs.
Bolivia: 03:30 hrs.
Brazil: 04:30 hrs.
Chile: 02:30 hrs.
Colombia: 02:30 hrs.
Ecuador: 02:30 hrs.
Spain: 9:30 hrs.
Mexico: 2:30 hrs.
Paraguay: 3:30 hrs.
Peru: 02:30 hrs.
Uruguay: 03:30 hrs.
Greece: 10:30 hrs. 
Serbia: 9:30 hrs.

Tsitsipas will have a chance to be No. 1 and this is what he said: "I'm playing great tennis, I'm enjoying myself. I just don't see any downside or negativity in what I'm trying to do on court. Even if something doesn't work, I'm optimistic about whatever result and opponent I have to face. It's something that's been missing from my game. It may not go my way, but I give 110%. I knew it was a long journey and there are certain steps you have to take to give yourself a chance to compete for something like this, but I believed it. First of all, it's your ego talking. You either have it or you don't. I was very confident as a kid. I was good in my country. I proved I was good by leaving Greece and competing in other countries. I ended up at number one junior, now I want to make it in men's professional tennis."

The Serbian tennis player commented after qualifying for the final: "I am very satisfied for another Grand Slam final. It is exactly what I imagined and what I wanted once I arrived in Australia, I intended to put myself in a position to fight for another Australian Open title. The experience of having been in this particular situation helps me, and the fact that I have never lost an Australian Open final is a great confidence booster ahead of Sunday. However, I still have to do the on-court work. I'm going to face Tsitsipas, who is in great form and has been playing his best tennis."

The Greek tennis player who closed the year playing the tournament in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, this last one he ended up winning.  In the United Cup he played all the matches he played, both in singles and doubles. In the Australian Open he defeated Halys, Hijikata, Griekspoor, in the eighth round against Sinner in five sets, in the quarterfinals against Lehecka and in the semifinals against the Russian Khachanov. Tsitsipas has a record of nine wins and zero losses in 2023.

The Serbian tennis player returns to Australia after not being here last year after deciding not to get vaccinated where he was involved in a controversy where in the end the Australian government took the decision to leave him out of the first Grand Slam of 2022, the Australian Open. Nole said goodbye to 2022 by winning the ATP Finals, being finalist of the ATP in Paris and playing an exhibition in the United Arab Emirates. Before playing the first Grand Slam of the year, he was proclaimed champion of the Adelaide ATP where he only conceded one set and it was in the first set of the final, but he came back to win his 92nd title. In his return to the Australian Open he is already in the quarterfinals after leaving out Roberto Carballé s, Frenchman Enzo Couacaud, Dimitrov, Alex de Minaur, Andrey Rublev and finally Tommy Paul in the semifinals. He has only conceded a single set during the entire tournament.

A total of 12 times Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas have faced each other, with a favorable balance for the Serb who has won ten times, while the Greek has won twice. The last time they met was in the group stage of the ATP Finals in Turí n in which Djokovic won 6-4, 7-6. This will be the second time that these two tennis players meet in the final of a Grand Slam, the last time and the only time this happened was in 2021 in the final of Roland Garros in which the Belgrade-born player won in five sets in a match lasting more than 4 hours.

Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas will meet in the final of the Australian Open, at stake is the first Grand Slam of the year;
 

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