Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after defeating Jaime Faria of Portugal in their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
The Serbian Tennis player was made to sweat twice in his opening two rounds at the Australian Open 2025. In the first game he had his fair share of issues against 19-year-old Nishesh Basavareddy (4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2) and in the second game on Wednesday he had to sweat it out against 21-year-old Jaime Faria (6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-2).
After the match when asked about pushing into four-setter twice in two games in the initial rounds Djokovic responded with, “In the wise words of Mr. Daniil Medvedev, if the future generation plays this way, they’re gonna have everything: money, girls, casino.”
Faria’s victory in the opening round was his first at the tour level.
The gap in experience looked like a chasm in a one-sided opening set but Faria stormed back into the contest by winning the second set in a tiebreaker on the back of some fine ball-striking and all-court athleticism.
“I think I responded well in the third set and particularly the fourth. He was playing lights-out tennis at the end of the second set and start of the third and I had to weather the storm,” Djokovic said.
“I love this court, I love competition,” the 37-year-old Serbian said after reaching the third round of the Australian Open for the 17th time with his 14th ace of the match.
Another feather to the cap
Djokovic already holds so many marks, many of which used to belong to Federer — who went 369-60 during his 429 Slam matches, a .860 winning percentage — and there are more on the horizon.
Djokovic moved out of a tie with Roger Federer to claim another record merely by taking to the court for his 430th Grand Slam match. Grand Slams, of course, they are the pillars of our sport. They mean everything for the history of the sport. … Definitely the most important tournaments,” Djokovic said. “I’m just blessed to be making another record, I guess, today.”
As it is, Djokovic has won the most Grand Slam singles titles of any man, 24, ahead of Rafael Nadal’s 22 and Federer’s 20 (those other two members of the Big Three are now retired). The 37-year-old Serb has spent more weeks at No. 1 in the rankings than any other player. He’s played in 37 Slam finals, six more than Federer’s old record. And so on and so on.
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