Stefanos Tsitsipas dreamed of holding the Australian Open trophy aloft after nodding off on the eve of Sunday's final but Novak Djokovic ended up giving the confident Greek a rude awakening.
In a rematch of the 2021 French Open decider, Tsitsipas lost 6-3 7-6 7-6 as the Serbian claimed a record-extending 10th Australian Open and 22nd Grand Slam titleThough falling short again in his goal of becoming Greece's first Grand Slam champion and world number one, Tsitsipas was philosophical in defeat.
"The desire is really there. I really, really want it badly. But just dreaming about it won't make it happen. You got"But definitely much better playing finals than being stuckDespite a fine fortnight at Melbourne Park, third seed Tsitsipas was short of his best in the final, though loath to admit it.
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