Djokovic, Tsitsipas begin Australian Open males’s ultimate

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Open males’s singles ultimate between Novak Djokovic and Stefanos Tsitsipas has began below an open roof at Rod Laver Area on Sunday.

Along with the championship, the winner will declare the No. 1 spot within the ATP rankings.

For the fourth-seeded Djokovic, it’s additionally an opportunity to win his tenth Australian Open title a yr after he wasn’t allowed to compete at Melbourne Park as a result of he was not vaccinated for COVID-19. It will even be the 35-year-old Serbian participant’s twenty second Grand Slam singles title, tying him with Rafael Nadal for the lads’s report.

The third-seeded Tsitsipas is making an attempt to turn out to be the primary Greek participant to win a Grand Slam singles title. In his solely different main ultimate, Tsitsipas received the primary two units towards Djokovic however misplaced the match in 5.

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