Novak Djokovic signs an impressive streak in Australia: 30 consecutive victories since 2018

Since losing to South Korean Hyeon Chung in the round of 16 of the 2018 Australian Open, Novak Djokovic He returned to play 30 singles matches on Australian soil and won all 30 of them. A round figure after his overwhelming debut in the ATP Adelaide, coincidentally his first match in this country after his controversial expulsion a year ago on the eve of the first Grand Slam of the season.

and Nole’s 30th consecutive Australian victory They make it clear that this country is his second homeland, given that at the age of 19 he won the Adelaide tournament and is by far the tennis player who has won the Australian Open the most times (9). Roy Emerson and Roger Federer have each won it six times. Therefore, Djokovic is the undisputed king here.

After that unexpected loss in 2018 to Chung, then world number 58, Novak Djokovic went on an unstoppable run. He returned to the Australian Open in 2019 where he beat Rafa Nadal in the final with solvency, leaving Lucas Pouille, Kei Nishikori, Daniil Medvedev, Denis Shapovalov, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and Michell Krueger in the gutter.

In that same 2019 and at the beginning of 2020 he played the ATP Cup representing Serbiaalso winning the final against Rafa Nadal and leaving behind Medvedev, Shapovalo, the Chilean Cristian Garín, Gael Monfils and Kevin Anderson.

In 2020 and before the pandemic broke out, he won a new edition of the Australian Open. In this case beat Thiem in the finalhe left behind Roger Federer in the semifinals and ahead of Raonic, Schwartzman, the Japanese Nishioka and Ito and Struff in their debut.

Djokovic was already looking at the ATP Cup in 2021: two games and two victories against Alexander Zverev and Denis Shapovalov. A few days later, he set to work to win the seven games he played in the Australian Grand Slam. Medevev in the final and the surprising Karatsev in the semifinals and before: Zverev, Raonic, Fritz, Tiafoe and Jeremy Chardy.

The last Grand Slam match he played in Australia was this one against Medvedev, his 29th consecutive win until his 30th in Adelaide. Add and follow this impressive series by Novak Djokovic.