'Well, I don't know the boy, but he was in my ear the entire match,' said Djokovic, who won his 19th Grand Slam title with the win.
Djokovic's 19th Grand Slam is one shy of the record of 20, held by both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Furthermore, Djokovic is also only the third men's player in history to hold at least two titles from each of the four Slam events — Australian Open, French Open, WImbledon and U.S. Open. Djokovic said he wants to keep on winning at Roland Garros and the other majors.
"I'm very proud, very happy. I don't want to stop there," Djokovic said."Hopefully I can keep on [winning] here in Roland Garros, at least one or two more times." Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning against Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas at the end of their men's final tennis match on Day 15 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on June 13, 2021.On Sunday, Djokovic seemed gassed by the match's finale.Sunday's title was the seventh for Djokovic since he turned 30, which is a record among men's players.
The French Open final was the first Grand Slam title for Tsitsipas, who seeks to become the first player from Greece to win a Grand Slam title. "I'd like to thank the Greek fans, and my team, who are constantly behind me, for my dreams. This is a long journey," Tsitsipas said.
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