The Australian Open Final just ended, with a match won by Serbia’s Novak Djokovic. It was the longest in history. The match lasted 5 hours, 53 minutes.
Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal 5-7, 6-4, 2-6, 6-7 (5), 7-5. Nadal lost his third grand slam in a row.
As you might imagine, the discussion is blowing up Twitter, with several trending topics related to the match, like #AusOpen, Rafa and Novak and Grand Slam.
Here are some recent tweets:
Don’t even need to watch the match LOL. I’ve got total commentating via twitter.
Happen to miss the match, but the highlights and my time line suggest it was something awesome!
@DjokerNole and @RafaelNadal for the best final i’ve seen since the 2008 Wimbledon final. Thank you both so much. #AusOpen
Congrats to
U cud use any word to describ this match.. Bt wat it shal always remain.. Is.. ”historic..”..
God, that was amazing! Major congrats to Djokovic, well deserved! Not sure how awake I’ll be tomorrow!
I’d rather lose. That way Joh Griggs doesn’t have to interview me.
Great match, almost as good as the women’s final.
Until now, the longest Australian final was 4:27 in 1988 (Mats Wilander over Pat Cash).