NOVAK DJOKOVIC CONTINUED his relentless domination of the Australian Open with a straight sets win over Andy Murray on Sunday morning.
Djokovic clinched the year’s first Grand Slam for a record-equalling sixth time with a comfortable 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3) win in Melbourne.
The haul draws the Serbian level with the legendary Roy Emerson who won six titles during the amateur era in the 1960s.
For Murray, it was disappointment again as he lost a fifth Australian Open final — his fourth against the unstoppable Djokovic, whose stranglehold on the men’s game remains as strong as ever.
“I feel like I’ve been here before,” Murray said wryly as he promised wife Kim, who is expecting their first child, that he would be on the first flight home.
Djokovic’s 11th Grand Slam title moves him to fourth in the all-time honours list alongside Bjorn Borg and Rod Laver.
He blitzed Murray from the outset, breaking the Scot twice on the way to a 6-1 first set in just 30 minutes.
And while Murray had his chances — not least when Djokovic was serving at 4-5 to stay in the second set — he couldn’t make any inroads.
