The incredible soap opera of his expulsion from Australia last season, due to his non-vaccination with covid-19, will remain a disenchanted parenthesis in the love affair that Novak Djokovic maintains with the first Grand Slam of the year. and Australia.
Impressive scorer of Andrey Rublev in the quarter-finals, the nine-time winner in Melbourne has won his last 39 matches in this country (with the ATP Cup and Adelaide), including now 26 at the Australian Open, an exceptional series which equals that of André Agassi between 2000 and 2004. It is difficult to see how Tommy Paul could prevent him from erasing this record.
It has been five years since "Nole" has not lost in Melbourne since an 8th final against Chung Hyeon in 2018. A 27th success in a row in Melbourne is reaching out to him.
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Australian Open: ladies schedule and results
Australian Open: men's schedule and results