Djokovic Wins Record 23rd Grand Slam Title, Beating Ruud in French Open Final

Epoch Times ^ | June 11, 2023 | Staff

[Red Badger]

PARIS—Novak Djokovic made clear for years that this was his goal. What drove him. What inspired him. The biggest titles from his sport’s biggest stages were Djokovic’s main aim and now he finally stands alone—ahead of Rafael Nadal, ahead of Roger Federer, ahead of every man who ever has swung a racket.

If Djokovic could wait this long to hold this record, he certainly could wait for the half-hour or so it took to straighten out his strokes in the French Open final. And so, after a bit of a shaky start in thick, humid air and under foreboding charcoal clouds Sunday, he imposed himself. The opponent at Court Philippe Chatrier, Casper Ruud, never really stood a serious chance after that.

Djokovic earned his men’s-record 23rd Grand Slam singles championship, breaking a tie with Nadal and moving three in front of the retired Federer, with a 7–6 (1), 6–3, 7–5 victory over Ruud that was not in doubt for most of its 3 hours, 13 minutes.

Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, puts this one alongside the French Open titles he earned in 2016 and 2021, making him the only man with at least three from each major event. He won his very first at the 2008 Australian Open and now possesses a total of 10 trophies from there, seven from Wimbledon, and three from the U.S. Open.

[Rummyfan]

No surprise at the outcome (theres an old saying in sports: the only thing more formful than tennis is women’s tennis). Ruud played a strong first set then seemed to lose something. Congratulations Novak Djokovic! Especially liked his speech afterwards. On to Wimbledon!

[aynrandfreak]

Tennis robbed him of at least one title due to his principled stance against forced vaccinations.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Unvaccinated hero.

[TheElectionWasStolen]

Djokovic is in fact, the GOAT!