Monday, February 06, 2023

Australian Open 2023

Another Grand Slam event, another set of records tied or broken. Novak Djokovic won a record-extending 10th Australian Open, which is an absolutely staggering achievement on so many levels. First, he ties Nadal with 22 major singles titles, the most for any man. He also extends his men's record for most Australian Open titles (the next after him? Roy Emerson and Roger Federer with 6 each). The fact that Novak hasn't lost any final at this event makes this accomplishment even more incredible. He also moves back up to #1 and it's just a matter of time before he eclipses Steffi Graf's record of 377 weeks at number one. This is also the 10th major title he won while in his 30s, the most of any man and tying Serena Williams' record. Novak continues to be a very serious threat at every event he plays and I won't be surprised if he ends up being the person who breaks Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam singles titles.

Aryna Sabalenka defeated Elena Rybakina in a 3-set match to win the women's championship. This is her first Grand Slam title and considering her very bad serving problems just a year ago, it's really wonderful to see her conquer those problems and turn things around in just one year. Rybakina seems to be doing really well too. Her Wimbledon title last year didn't come with any ranking points so she was unable to move up significantly in the rankings but despite that, she beat three seeded players en route to the final, including #1 Iga Swiatek. It will be really interesting to see whether Aryna and Elena can continue to play well the rest of the year.

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