Sebastian Korda

Novak Djokovic battled back from the brink of defeat to capture the 92nd ATP title of his career in Adelaide on Sunday, fighting off a match point serving ...

And once he got to the tie-break there was no stopping him, as he surged out to a 6-1 lead, closing the set out three points later. He’s now won his last 34 matches in a row in Australia. Adelaide, Australia

Novak Djokovic continued his ideal preparation for the Australian Open after overcoming Sebastian Korda 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in the Adelaide International final.

Djokovic would break Korda on his serve in a brilliant tenth game to sum up the exhilarating tennis on display, winning the decisive set 6-4. Korda would not go away quietly, and fought off two break points for Djokovic to win the fourth game on his serve and levelled things off at 2-2. After winning the next game to 30 and moving 6-5 ahead, Korda was able to stave off a set a point for Djokovic to move the score to 6-6 ahead of an absorbing tie-break. The American ultimately prevailed on his fourth set point in the tie-break, as the first set was decided after a mammoth one hour and 14 minutes. Djokovic showed brilliant fighting spirit to save three set points to keep himself in the contest and level the score at 5-5 to break Korda on his serve. The first eight games all went to serve, before the American broke Djokovic for the first time in the match to move 5-4 ahead.