On Sunday, Novak Djokovic received his tenth Australian Open males’s singles title, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas. The victory marked Djokovic’s twenty second Grand Slam win, inserting him subsequent to Rafael Nadal atop the all-time record.

In a post-match interview, an emotional Djokovic defined that his newest achievement signified his “largest victory.” Arguably extra spectacular than his play was Djokovic’s perseverance in overcoming obstacles en path to the Australian Open last.

Final 12 months, Djokovic, who has not acquired the COVID-19 vaccine, was deported from Australia and prevented from competing within the annual occasion. Months later, Djokovic was barred from taking part within the U.S. Open resulting from his vaccination standing.

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Fox Information contributor Jason Chaffetz weighed in on Djokovic’s journey on ‘The Large Sunday Present.’

“The way in which governments handled one of many premier athletes in all of sports activities, I imply, this man is the GOAT of tennis,” Chaffetz mentioned. “To disclaim him, to kick him out of a rustic and what we did in america to him, to not enable him to return in. “He should not have needed to undergo it.”

Novak Djokovic of Serbia performs a backhand return to Tommy Paul of the U.S. throughout their semifinal on the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. 
(AP Photograph/Dita Alangkara)

With Australia loosening its restrictions and offering a visa for Djokovic to compete, consideration has shifted to what the United States will do forward of the US Open’s begin in August. Earlier this month, the Transportation Safety Administration introduced an extension of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for non-U.S. residents to enter the nation by means of April 10.

“They merely need to maintain management. It is nearly like they need to make an instance out of Djokovic,” co-host Katie Pavlich added.

Djokovic has been scrutinized by many within the tennis group and the bigger sports activities world, however he has remained sturdy in his beliefs by means of all of it. Co-host, Tom Shillue, expressed his admiration for Djokovic’s option to take a stand, even when it in the end value him in his profession.

“I really like Novak Djokovic as a result of he is at all times been he is been so poised, and he is been so well mannered within the face of this,” Shillue mentioned. “He stood on precept. And I want extra athletes did the identical factor.”

After being deported from Australia final 12 months, Djokovic misplaced to Nadal within the French Open quarterfinals. He later went on to win Wimbledon earlier than withdrawing from the U.S. Open.

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Problem Cup after defeating Russia’s Daniil Medvedev within the males’s singles last on the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia.
((AP Photograph/Hamish Blair, File))

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Djokovic’s newest victory gives one more reminder of simply how dominant he has been over the previous decade. His 10 Australian Open males’s single titles ranks No. 1 all time. At present sitting as ATP’s No. 5 males’s singles participant on the earth, Djokovic will seemingly see that quantity bumped up after his efficiency Sunday.

“At this level, for those who do not let him into the U.S. Open, you are rigging the system since you’re not forcing all these different gamers to compete,” Pavlich mentioned.