While Djokovic was still celebrating his 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3) victory on Sunday night, equaling Roy Emerson’s record of six Australian titles, Murray was rushing for the airport to catch a flight back to Britain to reunite with his pregnant wife.
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The Serbian ace completely outclassed Murray by winning the Final with straight sets 6-1, 7-5 and 7-6 (7/3). Murray held 10 of his 15 service games, facing 12 break points and getting broken five times.
Re-live the Australian Open final between Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray in timelapse form.
It’s an fantastic feeling because I managed to make history tonight, equaling the six titles Roy Emerson in Australia, so this is why this award is so special.
The win secured her first major title and bumper her world ranking from sixth to second.
Murray becomes only the second player in the Open era to lose five finals at the same grand slam and his record against Djokovic now reads 22 defeats in 31 meetings, and 11 in his last 12.
He also said he felt hungry like a wolf trying to get to the top of the mountain, rather than the one standing at the top that was satisfied with his achievements.
“If I do, the person becomes too arrogant and thinks that he’s a higher being or better than everybody else, you can get a big slap from karma very soon”.
As for his hurried departure, he said, “I’ve been held on flights for, like, five days”.
Before Mr Sears was cleared to fly back to Australia, Murray said he nearly put family before tennis.
“I prepare myself as best I can for the three guys – Nadal, Federer and Murray…” The head-to-head matches between Djokovic and Murray are nearly always decided by who wins the battle of 2nd serves.
Andy Murray appeared relaxed and happy after rushing home from Melbourne to be with his wife Kim as they await the arrival of their first child. The Serb had already beaten his Scottish rival for this trophy in Melbourne three times before, and entered this match with a chance to collect his sixth Aussie Open crown, and 11th Grand Slam title. Thank you very much for your support, he continued, holding back tears and waving to the crowd as he left the makeshift stage on the court. “Yeah, I just want to get home”.
However, it seemed to matter little to the Scot, whose first priority was catching the first plane out of Melbourne to be reunited with his wife, Kim Sears.
“Regardless of today’s result, it’s been hard”, he said about the two-week tournament.
But Djokovic was not done, as the Serbian broke for 4-3 but immediately lost the lead a game later. “I went to bed at 5, set my alarm for 11, woke up at 8:30… been living on coffee ever since”, Soares said.
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The 28-year-old world number one is now dominating the men’s game like Roger Federer did a decade ago, but he is keen to ensure that he stays ahead of a ferocious chasing pack that includes the vanquished Murray.
