The Serbian tennis player defeated Sebastián Korda 6-7(8), 7-6(3) and 6-4 and won the 92nd title of his career. Now, he’s going for the first Grand Slam of the season.
Novak Djokovic stayed with him Adelaide ATP 250 after defeating the American Sebastian Korda by 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3) and 6-4 in the more than three-hour meeting. The Serbian, who saved a match point, won his 92nd title and went to number 1 in Australia.
Djokovic (5th) had to fight hard to overcome the young American (33rd) in over three hours of play. chord he kept the first sleeve afterwards needed seven set points and thus took the first tiebreak of the match 8-6.
In the second set, the former tennis player’s son Peter had a chance to keep the game when Djokovic served at 5-6, but raised match point and took the set, in a tiebreak, but 7-3.
In the last set, Djokovic showed his hierarchy, managed to break the kick chord and stayed in the match after 3 hours and nine minutes of the match by 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3) and 6-4. It was the 92nd career title of the Serb, who will now go for the Australian number 1 and his 22nd Grand Slam title.
Djokovic and the possibility of returning to number 1
The former number 1 in the tennis world has a great chance to return to the top of the rankings. For that he needs to retain the Australian Open title and that should be enough to take him back to the top of the rankings regardless of any result. from any of his rivals.
Djokovic’s match point to stay in Adelaide ATP
Djokovic added two incredible records in Adelaide
With the ATP 250 title, Djokovic managed to add at least one title to 18 consecutive seasons. This streak began in Amersfoort in the Netherlands in 2006 and from there he kept the trophy every year.
Another incredible number added by the Serbian tennis player to his title in Adelaide It was the eighth time he won the championship saving match points in any of the matches en route to the title.. He did it in: Vienna 2007, Basel 2009, US Open 2011, Shanghai 2012, Doha 2017, Wimbledon 2019, Dubai 2020 and now.
Source: Tycsports
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