Novak Djokovic won his 18th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open today to close the gap on Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal. The world No.1 fought off the challenge of the next generation to the dominance of the Big Three by thrashing Daniil Medvedev 7-5 6-2 6-2.
The Serbian superstar has now won nine Australian Open title – and never lost in the final. And he was simply too good against the new world No.3 playing in his second Grand Slam final.
Medvedev had been on a 20-match winning streak which had seen him win his last three tournaments and beat Djokovic at the Nitto ATP Finals.
But beating the world No.1 at Melbourne Park is a different matter as he completed his second hat-trick of consecutive wins in the first Grand Slam of the year