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Djokovic wins Australian Open title to reach 22nd career Grand Slam
Novak Djokovic beat Stefanos Tsitsipas to win his 10th Australian Open title and equal Rafael Nadal’s 22 Grand Slam crowns on Sunday — an achievement that he dubbed “the biggest victory in my life”.
The Serbian will return to world #1, too, as he swept past the Greek third seed 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5) on Rod Laver Arena.
After the victory, the 35-year-old climbed to the player’s box to embrace his mother and brother and broke down in tears, collapsing to the ground sobbing.
His father, Srdjan, was missing from the audience after he was filmed earlier with a group of people with Russian flags — one with an image of Vladimir Putin — after Djokovic’s quarterfinal victory, sparking controversy.
The victory over Tsitsipas capped a remarkable return for Djokovic to Melbourne Park after he was deported from Australia last year because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19.
“I have to say this has been one of the most challenging tournaments I’ve ever played considering the circumstances, not playing last year, coming back this year,” he said.
“I want to thank all the people that made me feel welcome, to be comfortable, to be in Melbourne, to be in Australia.”
“I try to pinch myself and really live through these moments. It’s a long journey,” Djokovic added.
“Only my team and family know what we have been through in the last four or five weeks, and this is why I’d probably say this is the biggest victory in my life considering the circumstances.”
After his three-year ban from Australia was lifted, Djokovic stretched his unbeaten streak in Melbourne to 28 matches, the longest run at the tournament for a man in the Open era dating back to 1968.
He added his Melbourne trophy number 10 to the seven from Wimbledon, three from the US Open and two at the French Open, matching his rival Nadal for the most by a man in tennis history.
Margaret Court, with 24, Serena Williams, 23, and Steffi Graf, 22, have the most among women.
This was also the 93rd ATP tour-level title for Djokovic, allowing the 35-year-old from Serbia to break a tie with Nadal for the fourth most titles. Jimmy Connors still holds that record at 109.
Djokovic was participating in his 33rd major final, Tsitsipas in his second.
He was superior throughout the match against the Greek, especially in the two tiebreakers.
Djokovic took a 4-1 lead in the first and after it was 4-all, pulled off three points in a row.
He then led 5-0 in the closing tiebreaker. After winning the matchpoint, he pointed to his temple, climbed into the stands, pumped his fist and jumped with his coach Goran Ivanisevic and other entourage members, and collapsed, overjoyed.
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All-U.S. semifinal at US Open
Another big man exits the tournament. After the various Alcaraz and Djokovic, Zverev è is also no longer in the running at the US Open. The German è was beaten by Fritz in four sets (7-6 (2) 3-6 6-4 7-6), at the end of a match that è lasted almost three and a half hours. A defeat that leaves a lot of bitterness in Zverev’s mouth. The German was aiming to reach at least the final.
A feat for the American who, dragged by the home crowd, won the first semifinal of a Slam event. After winning the first set on tie-break, Fritz suffered the return of Zverev, who took home the second partial with a peremptory 6-3. The momentum seemed to be in the German’s hands but Fritz escaped on 3-0. Zverev recovers but gives up at the più beautiful. Spectacular fourth set. Zverev tries everything but, once again, the tie-break costs him dearly. He loses it 7-3 and says goodbye to the tournament.
Dreams big for Fritz who, in the semifinals, will face the other American Tiafoe who, in the quarterfinals, wins the match with Dimitrov, forced to retire in the fourth set due to a physical problem: 6-3, 6-7, 6-3, 4-1 the partials in favor of Tiafoe.
The United States dreams, after 21 years (Roddick, 2003), of an American winning the U.S. Open. In the meantime, it enjoys Sinner who, thanks to Zverev è’s knockout; increasingly serene in his comfortable position as world No. 1.
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Juventus, the list
Juventus has also released the Uefa list for the 2024/25 Champions League and specifically there are 28 players chosen by Thiago Motta: 22 on List A and 6 on List B.
The surprise name è that of Arthur, considered until yesterday out of the Bianconeri project, which remains for all intents and purposes Filip Kostic, cut and looking for accommodation abroad.
The complete list:
LIST A
1 PERIN
3 BREMER
4 GATTI
5 LOCATELLI
6 DANILO
7 CONCEICAO
8 KOOPMEINERS
9 VLAHOVIC
11 NICO GONZALEZ
14 MILIK
15 KALULU
16 MCKENNIE
17 ADZIC
18 ARTHUR
19 THURAM
21 BEANS
22 WEAH
23 PINSOGLIO
26 DOUGLAS LUIZ
27 CAMBIASO
29 DI GREGORIO
32 CABAL
LIST B
10 YILDIZ
36 ANGHELE’
37 SAVONA
38 DAFFARA
40 ROUHI
51 MBANGULA
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Milan, the list
No Champions for Luka Jovic, who is not part of the list handed to Uefa regarding the players who can be fielded in the Champions League group stage.
In fact, Fonseca chose the men for the eight scheduled matches with Real Madrid, Liverpool, Brugge, Bayer Leverkusen, Red Star, Dinamo Zagreb, Girona and Slovan Bratislava, leaving the Serbian out.
LIST A
2 Davide Calabria
4 Ismael Bennacer
7 Alvaro Morata
8 Rubén Loftus-Cheek
10 Rafael Leao
11 Christian Pulisic
14 Tijjani Reijnders
16 Mike Maignan
17 Noah Okafor
19 Theo Hernandez
21 Samuel Chukwueze
22 Emerson Royal
23 Fikayo Tomori
24 Alessandro Florenzi
28 Malick Thiaw
29 Youssouf Fofana
31 Strahinja Pavlovic
42 Filippo Terracciano
46 Matteo Gabbia
57 Marco Sportiello
80 Yunus Musah
90 Tammy Abraham
LIST B
Adam Bakoune, Davide Bartesaghi, Andrea Bozzolan, Francesco Camarda, Andrei Coubis, Hugo Cuenca, Victor Eletu, Mattia Liberali, Vittorio Magni, Mattia Malaspina, Lapo Nava, Dorian Paloschi, Diego Sia, Dariusz Stalmach, Lorenzo Torriani, Chaka Traoré, Kevin Zeroli.
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