Novak Djokovic will be looking to win a record-extending 11th Australian Open title when the first Grand Slam of the year gets underway.
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic serves as his coach Andy Murray looks on during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 11, 2025. Picture: WILLIAM WEST / AFP.
Beaten in the Melbourne semi-finals last year by eventual champion Sinner, he has enlisted the help of long-time rival Andy Murray as coach to try and help him achieve the feat.Should he do so, it will be his 100th career title, just the third man in the Open era to reach the milestone behind Jimmy Connors and Roger Federer .
But he is yet to go beyond the quarter-finals in Melbourne on his three previous visits, crashing in the last eight in 2024 to Alexander Zverev. After suffering an ankle injury in the semi-final of Roland Garros in 2022, his return to the top was slow.But the 27-year-old heads into the new season with renewed vigour after ending 2024 as world number two, winning more matches than anyone bar Sinner.
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