Beyond Nadal, reach the top of the French Open again! Djokovic's 23rd Grand Slam Individual | Men's Singles | French Open
On the 11th local time, in the men's singles final of the 2023 French Open, 36 year old Serbian superstar Djokovic defeated Norwegian star Rudd 3-0 on aggregate, winning his third French Open title.
At the beginning of the competition, the runner up of the previous tournament, Rudd, was very proactive and took a 4-1 lead. Djokovic subsequently reduced his mistakes, stabilized the situation, and successfully dragged the game into the seventh round. In the seventh round, Djokovic performed well and scored consecutively. After 90 minutes of fierce competition, Djokovic won the first set with a score of 7:6.
In the second set, Djokovic continued his hot form at the end of the first set, breaking through and taking a 3-0 lead with protection. Under the strong attack of the opponent, Rudd never found a good way to cope and was suppressed by Djokovic until the end of the game. 6: 3. The Serbs will move on to another city. Leading with a total score of 2-0.
In the third set, Rudd finally adjusted his form and launched a counterattack, but Djokovic did not back down either. The score alternated between the two sides and continued to rise until 5:5. Afterwards, Djokovic's strength eventually became even stronger, winning two consecutive sets with a score of 7:5 in the third set and a total score of 3-0 over Rudd. The whole game lasted nearly 3 and a half hours.
This French Open victory is also Djokovic's 23rd career Grand Slam title, surpassing Nadal and ranking first in men's tennis history alone.
Next week, he will also return to the world number one in men's singles in a new ranking. As early as February this year, Djokovic's world first week count reached 378 weeks, an achievement unprecedented in history.
At the same time, Xiaode also unlocked the achievement of a "three lap Grand Slam", which means he has won at least three championships in all four Grand Slam tournaments. Among them, he won 10 Australian Open titles, 7 Wimbledon titles, 3 US Open titles, and 3 French Open titles. Now, with his hot form, he still has the opportunity to continue improving his Grand Slam titles this season.
Not only that, Djokovic, who has been honored on the professional tennis court, has also set his sights on the Olympic arena. Djokovic has not yet won the Olympic men's tennis singles championship, and his best result at the Olympics was the third place in the men's tennis singles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Therefore, Djokovic once stated that tennis matches at the Paris Olympics would be held on the French Open court, and he is familiar with these venues, so he hopes that his best Olympic results can be achieved in Paris