Despite the uproar, at the top – Novak Djokovic became the most successful male player of all time on his arch-enemy’s home court

With his championship, Djokovic, 36, single-handedly became the male tennis player who has won the most Grand Slam tournaments of all time.

Serbian Novak Djokovic has won the singles championship of the French Open tennis tournament. Djokovic defeated Norway in the final match Casper Ruudin 7–6, 6–3, 7–5.

With his championship, Djokovic single-handedly became the male tennis player who has won the most grand slam tournaments of all time. Djokovic has now won 23 top level tournaments. “On the King of Massacres” With Rafael Nadal has 22 grand slam titles. With Roger Federer there are 20 titles.

On the women’s side at Margaret Court is 24, With Serena Williams 23 and With Steffi Graf 22 grand slams.

The Serbian star even surpassed Nadal on his home court, as Nadal has won the championship in Paris a record 14 times. This year, Nadal had to miss his favorite tournament due to injury.

Djokovic also won the Australian Open tennis tournament played at the beginning of the year. Djokovic, 36, is the oldest French Open men’s singles winner. Djokovic also became the first male player to win each of the four grand slam tournaments at least three times.

Djokovic played in the French Open singles final for the seventh time and in total for the 34th time in the final of the prestigious tournament. He had previously won at Roland Garros in 2016 and 2021.

Ruud, 24, played in the final match of the grand slam tournament for the third time. He also lost the final in Paris a year ago, then to Nadal in straight three sets. In the final of the US Open, Ruud bowed out last year For Carlos Alcaraz.

Ruud started strongly

In his four previous matches against Djokovic, Ruud had not won a single set, but now he started the first set strongly, broke Djokovic’s pass once and already led the set 4–1. However, Djokovic leveled himself at 6–6 and decided the set in the tie-break with a score of 7–1.

The opening half lasted 81 minutes.

Djokovic continued in the second set from where he left off in the first. The Serbian tennis ace quickly took a 3–0 set lead and eventually progressed to an easy 6–3 victory.

The third set started more evenly than before, as both won games one after the other. Djokovic decided the match by breaking Ruud’s pass, taking a 6–5 lead.

The tournament started with a bang

During the tournament, Djokovic drew criticism after taking a stand on the unrest in Kosovo in the opening round. Djokovic defeated the United States by Aleksandar Kovacevic, after which he grabbed a pen and wrote on the camera lens: “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence.”

Kosovo became independent from Serbia in 2008, but Serbia and Russia have not recognized Kosovo’s independence. Russia has blocked the country’s membership in the UN, and Serbia still considers it a part of it.

Unrest has recently increased in Kosovo. Some of the Serbs in Kosovo oppose the newly elected Albanian mayors in the Serbian areas. The protests have led to clashes with the police and tensions between Serbia and Kosovo.