MELBOURNE, Australia — A 25th Grand Slam would have been historic, but this year’s Australian Open showed that Novak Djokovic does not need another major to burnish his already peerless legacy.
Djokovic fell just short of breaking the record he jointly holds with Margaret Court for Grand Slam titles won, but he leaves Melbourne as an even more titanic figure in tennis than when he arrived.
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Beating Jannik Sinner in five sets to win Friday night’s semifinal defied Djokovic’s doubters once again.
At 38, his chances against Sinner or Carlos Alcaraz, tennis’ Big Two, had been written off. Djokovic had even come close to counting himself out after another humbling straight-sets loss against Alcaraz at last year’s U.S.
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