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Novak Djokovic: "Road Labor Arena, I love you. The affair continues"

The Serb lifted the title in Melbourne for the ninth time ("The bottom line was the tournament was a success") and comforted Medvedev: "Your turn will come soon"

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Sunday, 21 February 2021, 13:33

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Tsonga or Marie, Nadal or Tim, 2008 or 2021 - Novak Djokovic does not lose in the Australian Championship final.

The 33-year-old Serbian defeated Daniel Medvedev 5: 7, 2: 6, 2: 6 in less than two hours today (Sunday) and won Melbourne for the ninth time.

He has 9 out of 9 in the finals of the Australian Grand Slam and next year he will already be aiming for 10.

The game today was one of the more one-sided finals of the Grand Slam tournament.

113 minutes in which Djokovic absolutely controlled and ignored all the predictions that awaited a long and tense game, perhaps even a victory for Medvedev.

"The last week has been like a roller coaster," the Serb said at the end, "there have been a lot of mixed feelings and thoughts about everything the tennis players have been through in the last month since coming to Australia for the championship, but I think the bottom line was it was a successful tournament. I know it was not easy. "The organizers should be proud of themselves. Rod Labor Arena, I love you more and more. My affair with the Australian Championships continues."

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Medvedev reached the final after 20 consecutive victories and hoped for much more.

He eventually mentally collapsed and found no answers to Djokovic's game plan.

At the end he said: "It's never easy to talk after a loss in a Grand Slam final, but I will do my best. I congratulate Novak, nine wins in Australia is an amazing thing and it will not be your last time. When I first met him I was ranked 500 or 600 in the world. "I was sure he would not talk to me, he is ranked first in the world. I was very ashamed, but he talked to me like with a friend. He never changed, he was always a great athlete and a great friend."

Djokovic heard the words and replied to Medvedev with a smile: "You are a great person. We used to train and spend a lot of time together, but in the last two years you have not called me much. I am glad to hear that you have a positive opinion of me ... I really like Danil off the field "On the field he is one of the toughest opponents I have met, for him it is only a matter of time until he wins the Grand Slam. Maybe he will wait a few more years ...".

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