Tennis »Tenis | 107 snije poražen je od tek nešto bolje plasiranog Pola Goldstina. Mnogi teniseri imali suproblemda se priviknu na uslove u Australiji, leto usred januara, nepodnošljivih 50 stepeni u hladovini... Ne i Novak. Nastavio je da dolazi uprkos porazima. Već 2007, pre 20. rođendana, plasirao se u osminu finala, u kojem ga je pobedio Rodžer Federer. Novak tek što se probio u top early as 2007, before his 20th birthday,headvancedtothelast-16,when he was defeated by Roger Federer. Novakhad then just broken into the ATPTop 20, while the Swiss ace had alreadyclaimedhis11thGrandSlam trophy.Todaytheyareonlevelterms with 20 grand slams each. And then2008happened. ĐokovićarrivedinMelbourneranked3rd in theworld andbegandemolishing everyone, one by one. He achieved 3-0 straight-set victories against 20, dok je Švajcarac tada stigao do 11. grend slem trofeja. Danas su izjednačeni sa po 20. A onda se dogodila 2008. Đoković je u Melburn stigao kao treći igrač na planeti i počeo da ruši sve redom. Šestoricu,međukojima su lokalna legendaLejtonHjuit i Federer, pobedio je sa 3 : 0 u setovima. U prvomgrend slemfinalu ga je dočekao Žo Vilfrid Conga, koji je mogao da uradi samo jednu stvar – da svoje ime upiše na listu poraženih. six of them, including local legend LleytonHewitt andFederer. Hewas awaited in his first Grand Slam final by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who only proved able to one thing: add his name to the list of the vanquished. The next two years, 2009 and 2010, sawhimstopped in the quarterfinals, andmany thought: ‘That’s that;Australiahasconsumedanother champion’. But they were wrong. Đokovićwonconsecutivetitlesfrom 2011to2013,playingseveralhistorNaredne dve godine, 2009. i 2010, stao je u četvrtfinalu i mnogi su pomislili – to je to, Australija je pojela još jednog šampiona. Ala su pogrešili. Đoković je pobeđivao od 2011. do 2013. i tada je odigrao nekoliko istorijskihmečeva. Nadala i Marija, koji su bili u naponu snage, 2012. je dobio sa 7 : 5 u poslednjem, petom setu, da bi Vavrinku 2013. zaustavio tek sa 12 : 10, kada su svi pomislili da će se meč igrati u nedogled. Đoković je kasnije još pet puta slavio u Melburnu i trenutno je u seriji od 21 meča bez poraza. Svi se nadamo da će se serija nastaviti jer Nole juriša na svoju desetu australijsku titulu od 17. do 30. januara. Kralj teniskog sveta vraća se u svoj omiljeni grad da potvrdi da mu još nema ravnog. ic matches in the process. In 2021 he beat Nadal and Murray, both of whomwere at the topof their game, 7:5 in the fifth andfinal set, while in 2013 he only stopped Wawrinka at 12:10,justwheneveryonewasthinking that thematchwouldnever end. Đokovićhasgoneontocelebrate five more titles in Melbourne and is currently undefeated in 21 consecutive matches. And we all hope that his run will continue, as Nole is chasing his 10th Australian Open title from 17th to 30th January. The king of world tennis is returning to his favourite city to confirm that he remains without equal. Tekst / Words: Aleksandar Pijevac Fotografije / Photography: Profimedia.rs 2016. 2019. devet 2020. 2021. titula je već osvojio, a sada Nole juriša na svoj deseti australijski trofej Nine titles Nole already won, and now is chasing his 10th Australian Open trophy Foto:Profimedia.rs/EllaLing/BPI/ShutterstockEditorial Foto:Profimedia.rs/BaiXuefei/Avalon Foto:Profimedia.rs/WilliamWest/AFP Foto:Profimedia.rs/WilliamWest/AFP
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