Andy Murray plotting ways to bring down Novak Djokovic in 2016

She has won 21 major titles, including the Australian and French Opens and Wimbledon in 2015.

Still, in what has become something of a tradition, he handed out some delicacies at his news conference on Sunday.

“He doesn’t have maybe as powerful of a serve as you would expect for his height”, Djokovic said, reports the ATP’s official website. And naturally, these were healthy, gluten-free energy balls with cacao, plant-based milk and coconut. “They’re nice, still sweet – you’ll like them”.

Nadal won three titles last year but it was the first year since 2004 that he hadn’t won a major. “I basically finished the season in London”, Djokovic said.

He does not have a private jet on standby, so it will take a minimum of 24 hours to cover the 10,500-mile journey home should his wife go into labour. I haven’t dropped a set. The Serbian player already has five titles won in Melbourne and a potential trophy in this edition would put him ahead of the record five trophies he now holds along with Federer.

Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic opened their title defenses with straight-set wins at the Australian Open in back-to-back matches on Rod Laver Arena.

Top seed Djokovic will probably not be delayed too long in the heat against South Korea s highly-rated but inexperienced Chung after the Serb dominated the men s circuit in 2015.

The highest-ranked player he has defeated is world No. 18 Benoit Paire. The third-seeded Swiss will open his 2016 Australian Open campaign against Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in the first match of the evening session at Rod Laver Arena.

Players struggled as temperatures reached 34C but the main talking point was a report by the BBC and BuzzFeed News which said 16 top-50 players over the past decade, including Grand Slam doubles champions, had repeatedly been suspected of match-fixing without facing action.

So far, despite the fact that she is due next month, Kim Sears has been successfully hiding her baby bump again at public events. The men’s final is scheduled for January 31. If the early season matches are any indication, the Australian Open is Djokovic’s to lose.

“Of course, that makes it even trickier for me”.

Djokovic said his focus in the off-season was balancing work with rest to ensure he could come into the Australian Open sharp and fresh.

“I’m always on the look-out for how to play certain players or certain tournaments or about my own game. I still love tennis: I have trained and prepared as best as possible for here and I feel like I’m in a good position to do well, but my current priority is my family”.

“I don’t think because of what’s happened the last couple weeks that there’s anything wide open or anything like that at this stage”.