MELBOURNE, Jan 15 — Nine-time Melbourne champion Novak Djokovic returns after being banned from last year’s Australian Open while Rafael Nadal is defending champion. World...
MELBOURNE, Jan 15 — Nine-time Melbourne champion Novak Djokovic returns after being banned from last year’s Australian Open while Rafael Nadal is defending champion.
The 21-time Grand Slam winner also missed the US Open for the same reason, but won Wimbledon and is heavy favourite at his most successful major despite a niggling hamstring injury. He made history in the process — the first man to achieve 21 Grand Slam singles crowns, making it 22 when he won a 14th French Open title.
He is top seed in the absence of Alcaraz and insisted “my personal momentum is not bad, I tell you. I am good and happy.”The 26-year-old Russian was unable to match his run to the Melbourne final at the French or US Opens last year and never had a chance at Wimbledon after being banned due to the Ukraine war.But it was an underwhelming year in the eyes of the 2021 US Open champion, who has slipped to eight in the rankings.
But a Grand Slam crown remains elusive with his runner-up showing at Roland Garros in 2021 his best result at a major.
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