After a punishing five-set epic with Austrian Dominic Thiem, Djokovic prevailed, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, to win his eighth Australian Open crown and 17th career major championship. Djokovic had destroyed Nadal in straight sets in the 2019 Australian final, and some thought this final could go a similar way. Djokovic and Thiem both mentioned the victims of the Australian bushfires in their post-match speeches, while Djokovic singled out Bryant, too. Serving at 4-all in the second, Djokovic was given two time violations on his serve, the second one coming at 15-40 on his first serve. Well done.”Thiem then took the second set when a shaky Djokovic stroked a two-handed backhand wide on the second set point.

Source: Forbes February 02, 2020 12:46 UTC