Novak Djokovic saves match point to defeat Sebastian Korda and capture 92nd ATP title of career in Adelaide

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 at 5-6, 30-40 in the second set to edge an inspired Sebastian Korda in the final, 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3), 6-4.

With the grueling three-hour, nine-minute victory, Djokovic ties Rafael Nadal for fourth-most ATP titles in the Open Era.

MOST ATP TITLES IN OPEN ERA:
109: Jimmy Connors
103: Roger Federer
94: Ivan Lendl
92: Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal

Djokovic also extends a few incredible streaks:

He’s now won his last 34 matches in a row in Australia. His last loss in Australia came to South Korea's Chung Hyeon at the Australian Open in 2018, which is now almost five years ago—he’s also won 52 of his last 54 matches in the country, and 77 of his last 80.

He’s now won his last 26 matches in a row against Americans. The last U.S. player to beat him was Sam Querrey at Wimbledon in 2016.

He’s now won at least one ATP title every year for 18 years in a row. The stretch began in 2006, when he was a teenager—he's now 35.

Additionally, Djokovic has now won 23 of his last 24 tour-level matches, as well as 31 of his last 33 and 40 of his last 43.

The opening set was the longest set of the day, and Djokovic fought until the end to capture it, saving six set points—and holding two set points of his own—before Korda ultimately snuck out the set on his seventh set point at 9-8 in the tie-break when a Djokovic backhand found the net after an hour and 13 minutes on court.

The two stayed on serve throughout the second set, with Djokovic serving to stay in the match twice, at 4-5 and 5-6—even fighting off a match point serving at 5-6, 30-40, ripping a phenomenal backhand approach shot before putting away a big overhead. 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.

The two stayed on serve again for most of the decider, and it looked like things were headed to another tie-break as Korda built a 40-15 lead in his 4-5 service game, but that’s when Djokovic pounced one last time, reeling off the last four points in a row to seal the victory.