Novak Djokovic added his 19th Grand Slam title in his trophy cupboard because the world no 1 on Sunday defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas, a first-time Grand Slam finalist, to win the French Open 2021. The Serb, who initially went down within the opening two units, produced a exceptional comeback and went to wrap the competition 6(6)-7(8), 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4.
With this win, the Serb has now develop into the primary man to clinch all of the 4 majors (Wimbledon, US Open, Australian Open, French Open) at the very least twice.
A dream realized once more
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Tsitsipas kicked-off the present in a commanding word and compelled the primary set into tie-breakers and ultimately went on to win it. He continued his spectacular present within the second set and accomplished it inside half an hour with rating studying 6-2.
However, a relentless Djokovic crafted his comeback in the same, or in a good commanding method, because the Serb over-hauled Tsitsipas in each the next set, thus pushing the competition additional.
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Before the beginning of the fourth set, the 22-year-old Greek requested the coach to come on court docket to manipulate and therapeutic massage his decrease again. But that intervention failed to revive Tsitsipas` fortunes and Djokovic was just about unchallenged within the fourth set.
The Serb broke decisively for a 2-1 lead within the decider earlier than securing the win in 4 hours and 11 minutes.
Djokovic final received the French Open title in 2016 triumph and the victory on Sunday handed the 34-year-old Serbian his 19th Grand Slam title – one in need of Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer’s males’s file.
