Greek tennis player Stefanos Tsitsipas reacted to his loss to Serb Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open final.
The final match of the Australian Open 2023 ended with Djokovic winning 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (7-5).
Stefanos Tsitsipas in a post-match interview
I admire what Djokovic has done for our sport. I've played a lot of matches. But only you, Novak, make me and everyone else show our best qualities. He's the greatest to ever hold a racket. I've never said this before, but thank you for promoting the sport and helping us to show our best
On his way to the final, Djokovic defeated Spaniard Carballés Baena, Frenchman Couacaud, Bulgarian Dimitrov, Australian De Minaur, Russian Rublev and American Paul.
Djokovic on his father's photo with the Russian flag: I thought it was a photo with someone from Serbia Australian Tennis Federation warns Djokovic's father over Russian flag photo Rublev: Compared to our previous meetings, Djokovic played much better today