11th and doctors say he has made remarkable progress. to the superstar novak djokovic claimed his 10th australian open title and a 22nd grand slam singles title a year after he was deported over his covid vaccination status. coy wire has the highlights. it is been a whirlwind year for novak djokovic. filled with highs and lows. but he has a huge sigh of relief in melbourne, winning his tenth title and his 22nd men s grand slam title. defeating him in three hard fought sets and then needing tie breaks to take the second and third. djokovic want his first grand slam when he was 24 and now at 35, the serbian showing how much this all means to him. afterward he pointed to his head
djokovic broke early to win the first set and then took the next two on tie breaks. the win leaving him very emotional given his deportation from melbourne last year over his covid vaccination status. it s record extending tenth title for djokovic. he levels rafa nafal with 22 grand slams in total, and returns back to world number one status in the rankings. i have to say that this has been one of the most challenging tournaments i have ever played in my life, considering the circumstances, not playing last year, coming back this year. cheering and applause. only the team and the family knows what we have been through in the last four or five weeks. this probably, i would say, the biggest victory in my life considering the circumstances. aryna sabelenka says she s desperate for more grand slams after claiming her first ever major, by beating elena rybakhina in the women s singles final on saturday. the belarussian who was competing under a neutral flag, due to belarussia s support
knocked we had worst games when we got knocked out of the fa cup competition but injanuary in the situation competition but injanuary in the situation we have, we wanted to show our reaction. situation we have, we wanted to show our reaction, but in the end it was not enough novak djokovic has equalled men s grand slam singles record after his straight sets victory over stefanos tsitsipas at the australian open, which he described as the biggest win of his life. djokovic broke early to win the first set against the greek and then took the next two on tie breaks. he was inctredibly emotional after the win, 12 months ago he was deported from australia on the eve of the tournament over his covid vaccination status. that stretches his melbourne record to ten titles and he is level with rafa nafal with 22 grand slams, and he returns to world one in the rankings. this has been one of the most challenging tournaments i ve ever played in my life. considering the circumstances, not play
reception from the australian fans, and of course, another big decision for the tennis world, will be will novak djokovic be allowed into the united states to compete? because as of now, he would not be allowed to compete because he can t get into the country as a non vaccinated, non-citizen of the usa. obviously, there are different circumstances in politics at play. in large respects, we re talking about the invasion into ukraine, versus, of course, covid vaccination status. these are worlds apart. and yet, the connective tissue really is the idea of how politics intersecting. but with respect to the ban on players, particular for wimbledon, where the russian athletes, the belarusian athletes, there was a lot of controversy and concern about whether it was fair. to attribute in a sign the behavior, policy, the actions of a leadership. with the actual players. but then there was this moment, if you remember, with the russian gymnast, who wore that pro war symbol in
this it s been almost a year since the tennis star, novak djokovic, was deported from australia over his covid vaccination status. the 35 year old croatian has refused to be innoculated against the disease. well, now he s back down under to compete in the adelaide international. 0ur correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has more from adelaide. the fact that novak djokovic is here in australia, he is on a practice court training, getting ready for a tennis tournament here in the country, is so significant and so different from what happened to him last year. the 21 grand slam winner is back in australia and he s getting ready for the adelaide international happening here in the drive. he said he s so happy to be back here but of course what happened in the last 12 months is very hard to forget. he said these kinds of events stick with you. he is using the adelaide international to get ready