Novak Djokovic beats Sebastian Korda to win Adelaide International

The Adelaide International marked Novak Djokovic's instrumentality to Australia aft helium was deported successful 2022

Novak Djokovic saved a lucifer constituent arsenic helium bushed Sebastian Korda to triumph the Adelaide International and widen his winning tally successful Australia to 34 matches.

The satellite fig 5 has won 92 vocation ATP singles titles, level with Rafael Nadal. Only Jimmy Connors, Roger Federer and Ivan Lendl person won more.

"It's been an astonishing week, for maine to beryllium present is simply a gift," said Djokovic.

"The enactment that I've been getting successful the past 10 days is thing that I don't deliberation I've experienced excessively galore times successful my life, truthful convey you truthful overmuch to everyone for coming retired each azygous match."

The Adelaide International is Djokovic's archetypal tourney successful Australia since helium was deported successful 2022 due to the fact that of his Covid-19 vaccine status, but his visa prohibition has present been overturned.

Djokovic volition look to widen his grounds fig of wins astatine the Australian Open which starts connected 16 January. He is targeting his 10th title, which would besides adjacent Nadal's men's grounds of 22 Grand Slam titles.

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Aryna Sabalenka won her 11th vocation singles title, beating 18-year-old qualifier Linda Noskova 6-3 7-6 (6-4) successful the women's final.

It was satellite fig 5 Sabalenka's archetypal triumph since May 2021, sealing the triumph without dropping a acceptable passim the tournament.

"I'm a antithetic subordinate close now," Sabalenka said aft the match.

"Maybe a small spot smarter, a small spot calmer connected court. Just a small spot of everything changed."

Elsewhere, satellite fig 7 Coca Gauff won the ASB Classic successful Auckland, New Zealand.

Gauff, 18, bushed Spanish qualifier Rebeka Masarova 6-1 6-1 and did not driblet a acceptable crossed 5 matches.

It was Gauff's archetypal rubric since 2021 and her archetypal connected hard tribunal since 2019.

"Honestly, a large week for maine contempt the rain," Gauff said. "I couldn't inquire for a amended commencement to my play - my archetypal rubric connected hard [courts] since I was 15."