The always unpredictable Novak Djokovic returned to give a cal and another sand in the Adelaide final, which fell on his side after even overcoming a match point against Sebastian Korda (6-7 (8), 7-6 (3) and 6-4). But before, just at the end of the first set, which the North American took, the Serbian starred in an unconstructive image when he ordered Marko, his own brother, to be thrown out of the box.
The scene occurred as soon as Korda took the final point of the first sleeve. When Djokovic made his way to his seat, he started pointing towards his box and shouting in Italian "fuori!! Vai Fuori!". Something like that, go away. It was not clear who he was referring to, but as soon as he sat down, the Serb continued to repeat the same expression, as the cameras captured. Finally it was his brother Marko who got up and left the track.
Later, in the press room, with a cooler head, Djokovic praised his team, admitting that it is not always easy to be sitting in his box, remarking that he has a very close relationship with his brother.
It was not an easy match for Djokovic, who found a tough opponent in Korda who made him wear himself out from the start, broke his serve for the first time in the eighth game and had three set points serving in the ninth.
Nole escaped from that complex scenario to bring the outcome to the tie break. And she even managed to get 7-6 up, dodging another three set balls. However, he failed to materialize his comeback and ended up giving up his rival's seventh chance at 8-9.
In the second set, one and the other completed their serves with greater or lesser solvency and that gave Korda his first option to lift the trophy remaining with 4-5. There was little he could do there, but he did when at 5-6 he had a match point. Djokovic dodged it and already in the tie break he did not forgive, coming to have five set balls and sealing it with the third of them.
Everything was going to be decided then in the third and final one, which started like the previous one with the contenders making their serves good, including the one that Korda won to tie four-way despite being 0-30 down from the start.
There the American survived but not when Djokovic subtracted for the first time to take the tournament with 4-5. Despite going down 40-30, the Serbian forced the deuce, gave it continuity with an advantage and closed it by taking advantage of his first championship point. All this in more than three hours.
In this way, Djokovic equals Rafael Nadal in titles with 92, has won 34 consecutive matches on Australian soil and continues to polish a streak that has led him to score 23 of his last 24 matches. All this with the first big of the year, the Australian Open, just around the corner. It should be remembered that Carlos Alcaraz, number one in the world, will not be able to play in Melbourne due to injury.
