Novak Djokovic Angrily send 3 abuses to Australia open champion Jannick sinner You are young, reckless and pathetic
Novak Djokovic lost at the Australian Open for the first time since 2018 as Italian fourth seed Jannik Sinner reached his first Grand Slam final.
Serbia’s Djokovic, 36, lost 6-1 6-2 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 as Sinner regrouped from not taking a match point in the tie-break.
It ends Djokovic’s bid for a record-extending 11th title and a 25th major to put him clear of Margaret Court.
Sinner, 22, faces Daniil Medvedev, who recovered from two sets down to beat Alexander Zverev, in Sunday’s final.Sinner shows belief to end Djokovic’s dominance
For so long, particularly at Melbourne Park, the question has been this: why can’t the younger generation stop Djokovic?
The answer has largely centred around Djokovic’s greatness – his technique, fitness, mindset – but arguably the most significant factor has been an ingrained deference among his opponents.
Sinner came into the latest attempt to topple the world number one armed with the knowledge he has beaten Djokovic twice recently, following victories at the ATP Finals and the Davis Cup Finals at the end of last season.
The caveat was those wins came over three sets.
Doing it over the elongated five-set format is always a different proposition – as Sinner himself found out when he led by two sets in their Wimbledon quarter-final in 2022 before losing when Djokovic took it the full distance.
The way he dismantled Djokovic on Friday was a measure of his growth.
From the start, he pressured his illustrious opponent into an uncharacteristic amount of errors and did not allow him a single break point.
After taking Djokovic’s opening service game, Sinner continued to use his power and accuracy to break again for 5-1 before serving out an impeccable first set in 35 minutes.
There was a sense of shock among a Melbourne crowd not used to seeing Djokovic struggle so badly on Rod Laver Arena.
No male player had ever won as many Grand Slam matches after losing the opening set – a total of 46 comebacks from that deficit – but Russian third seed Medvedev, 27, won 5-7 3-6 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-5) 6-3 in a remarkable second semi-final which lasted four hours 18 minutes and finished at 00:06 local time.
Sinner’s elimination of Djokovic means there will be a new name on the Australian Open men’s singles trophy.
The Serb had won 33 matches in a row in Melbourne since losing to South Korea’s Chung Hyeon in the fourth round six years ago.
“It was very, very tough,” said Sinner, who is the first Italian to reach a Melbourne singles final.
“I felt like [Djokovic] wasn’t feeling that great so I kept pushing. I just tried to be ready for the fourth set, which I started off really, really well.”
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Two-time runner-up Medvedev is aiming for his first Australian Open title, having lost to Djokovic and Spain’s Rafael Nadal in the 2021 and 2022 finals.
His win over Zverev was the second time during this year’s tournament he had fought back from two sets down, doing the same in the second round against Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori.
“I was a little bit lost. In the third set I started telling myself ‘If I am going to lose I just want to be proud of myself’. I won so I’m proud of myself,” said Medvedev, whose sole major triumph came at the 2021 US Open.
