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The Guardian - UK
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Supreme Novak Djokovic steeled for Tsitsipas test in Australian Open final

Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas
Novak Djokovic (left) and Stefanos Tsitsipas play out the Australian Open final on Sunday. Photograph: Getty Images

After his merciless fourth-round demolition of Alex de Minaur, Novak Djokovic discussed a field that contained no other grand slam champion in the draw. Djokovic identified Stefanos Tsitsipas as the most experienced player left, but as he spoke of the various milestones in Tsitsipas’s career, Djokovic’s memory failed. “I think he has never played a finals, am I wrong?” he said.

Tsitsipas’s conqueror in his only grand slam final just so happened to be Djokovic, who recovered from two sets down in the 2021 French Open final . It was another reminder of how much Djokovic has achieved. When you have reached 33 finals, it is not easy to remember all of them.

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