Novak Djokovic wins battle of resilience against Dominic Thiem to get 8th Australian Open title
Trailing by one set to two, Novak Djokovic eventually won 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 against Dominic Thiem to take home record 8th Australian Open title.
Trailing by one set to two, Novak Djokovic eventually won 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 against Dominic Thiem to take home record 8th Australian Open title.
Eleventh seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury won the men's doubles final of this year's Australian Open with a straight-set victory of 6-4, 6-2.
Sofia Kenin rallied from one set down in the Australian Open final at the Rod Laver Arena on Saturday to win 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 and claim her first Major title.
The top-seed Australian, Alcott, got the better of his British opponent Andy Lapthorne 6-0, 6-4 in the finals to complete his historic win on Saturday.
Djokovic will face the Austrian world number 5 Dominic Thiem in the final. Thiem had beaten German world number eight Alexander Zverev.
Novak Djokovic, who is eyeing a record-breaking eighth Australian Open title, looked at his usual best and was vicious with his serve.
Leander Paes and Jelena Ostapenko were thoroughly outplayed by Jamie Murray and Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the second-round match.
Though Rafael Nadal won 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-6(4) to book his 12th quarterfinal spot at the Australian Open, Nick Kyrgios did not go down without a fight.
22-year-old Alexander Zverev thoroughly outplayed his opponent while winning 75 per cent of points on 1st serve in comparison to Andrey Rublev's 64.
Known to be a huge Basketball fan and supporter of NBA team Boston Celtics, Nick Kyrgios came out at the Rod Laver Arena wearing Kobe Bryant's shirt.
