Djokovic Wins His 3rd Aussie Open

Novak Djokovic remains in the top of the tennis hill as he beat Andy Murray 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 in Sunday’s Australian Open final, and claimed his third Aussie tournament in a row.
“It’s definitely my favorite Grand Slam,” he said. “It’s an incredible feeling winning this trophy once more. I love this court.”

“It’s been an incredible match as we could have expected,” Djokovic said. “When we play each other, it’s always, we push each other to the limit and I think those two sets went over two hours, 15 minutes, physically I was just trying to hang in there. Play my game and focus on every point.”

“All our matches in last three years have been decided in a very few points, so it’s really hard to say if I’ve done anything different,” Djokovic said. “I tried to be more aggressive. So I went for my shots, especially in the third and fourth; came to the net quite often. I was quite successful in that percentage, so it worked well for me.

Djokovic was perfect but the brutish Murray feels the effort he had to make to get rid of Roger Federer in the semifinals could coasted him in the final.

“You don’t wake up the next day and feel perfect, obviously,” Murray said of the Federer match. “It’s the longest match I played in six months probably. It obviously wasn’t an issue today. I started the match well. I thought I moved pretty good throughout.”

Novak Djokovic is listed as the second favorite to win Roland Garros +162, only behind the current champion Rafael Nadal -120, who’s injured at the time.