Novak Djokovic takes out the 2016 Australian Open defeating Andy Murray, again

It moved the 28-year-old to 11 Grand Slam titles, joint fifth on the all-time list and, at his current rate, closing fast on Roger Federer’s all-time record of 17. “I don’t think about limiting my ambitions or what I might be able to achieve”. “Thank you so much for all your support”, Murray said, choking back tears and waving to the crowd as he walked away from the microphone.

Only Australian Laver, who was on the court named after him watching the final, has managed to win all four grand slams in one year and Djokovic would have to break his Roland Garros duck to match the feat and make more history.

Djokovic receives congratulations from the ballboys and girls.

On the other hand, the defending champion also kept his record against Murray in Australian Open final by defeating the Briton for the fourth time in Men’s singles at the year’s first Grand Slam championship. I’m not here because I played the same tennis I played previous year.

“But I don’t really know how close that is. After that, I’m already thinking about how can I continue playing well through the rest of the season at each tournament”. “I’ve found the right formula for Andy”.

Can Novak Djokovic claim the last of the four grand slams – the French Open – this year? Photo: MADE NAGI, EPA.

Djokovic took a 6-1 lead in the tiebreaker, setting up five championship points, and finished it with an ace in 2 hours, 53 minutes. Kim’s father, Nigel Sears, who traveled to Australia as coach for Ana Ivanovic, became ill and had to be rushed to a nearby hospital by ambulance while Murray was on court in his third-round match.

“Even though I won last four out of five grand slams, I don’t take anything for granted”. The world number two looked jaded at times in Melbourne and a few weeks away from tennis could be just what he needs.

“You ve been a legend for the last two weeks”.

However, it seemed to matter little to the Scot, whose first priority was catching the first plane out of Melbourne to be reunited with his wife, Kim Sears.

“It feels today as great as it did yesterday”, he added.

“When I did in the third set, that helped me out a lot”.

“You can observe it from different sides, but I believe that all the guys that are out there fighting each week to get to No. 1 are very hungry to get to No.1”.

The British No 1 and world No 2 arrived at London Heathrow in the early evening on Monday and was obliging to fans asking for a selfie despite his clear desire to get home to Kim in Surrey.

Top Seed Novak Djokovic and 7th seed Angelique Kerber won the men’s and singles crown respectively at the Australian Open 2016 in Melbourne.

In the semi-finals, Djokovic demolished four-time victor Federer, in a match which will be remembered as the Serbian’s one of the best games to set up his sixth final appearance in Melbourne. The head-to-head matches between Djokovic and Murray are nearly always decided by who wins the battle of 2nd serves. He was 5-5 40-0 ahead in the second set with Djokovic under pressure before he came off second best in a spellbinding 36-stroke rally as Djokovic roared back to break before clinching the match in the third set.