Name: Novak Djokovic On-Court Interview | Australian Open 2026 First Round
Uploaded: 2026-01-19T14:56:11.000Z
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Your 21st appearance at the Australian Open and your first official match of 2026.

You must be pretty pleased with your ball striking.

You can't take anybody lightly inside the top 100.

Great to be back once again and definitely my favorite court, you know, court that has given me so much.

I tried to give it back as much as I could in the last 20 plus years.

And hopefully you guys enjoy the tennis tonight.

I'm sure you're well aware of it, but I just want to inform the crowd.

This is Novak's 100th win at the Australian Open.

It matches his achievements at Wimbledon.

I've got paper here, Novak, because it's like your curriculum vitae in tennis is so enormous.

He's at 102 wins at Wimbledon, 101 wins at Roland Garrus.

You are a record breaker at breaking records.

Nice feeling to be a centurion also in these numbers.

And look, I, you know, I always give my best whenever I'm on the court.

Obviously, history making is, is a great motivation, particularly in the last, I don't know, five, ten years of my career.

Once I got myself in a position that I could, you know, eventually create history, obviously I was even more inspired to play the best tennis.

And, you know, I was very fortunate early on in my career to encounter some people that taught me and guided me to play the, the long shot, so to say, with my career, you know, not to, not to burn out too quickly, you know, take care of my body, of my mind, and

try to have as long as a career as possible.

So blessed to be still playing honestly at this level.

Making another win tonight here is obviously a dream come true.

So, Novak, I'm hoping we're going to get some vision, just a little timeline of your efforts here at Melbourne Park.

In 2005, you've gotten through qualifying and you're taking on Murat Safin, who goes on to win.

You got some recollections of that moment?

Absolutely, I have recollections of that moment.

Also this moment, that was the first trophy, 2008.

But 2005, I colored my hair for the first and only time in my life just before the match with Marat and of course, the first call I received after the match, which was a blowout for obviously for marad, but

you know, for me, the first time main draw experience, the first call I received was my mother.

She asked me, what, what the hell are you thinking about, you know, coloring your hair.

So it was a unique experience, obviously.

Now rolling back the years, obviously the, the longest and best finals I was ever part of with the greatest rival, Nadal.

Obviously it feels good commenting, you know, I mean, actually

Novak, you said you've taken care of your mind and your body.

You've certainly taken care of your body.

I wish I could bring, bring back that body, to be honest.

Not for the beach, not for the looks, but for the, the functionality on the court.

I mean, I'm happy with my body so far, although, you know, things are different 15 years later, but

And speaking of which, did I say I like my body?

Okay, but Novak, you know, tennis has given you so much, but

you've put everything that you've got to become the best player that you can possibly be.

Do you ever sit down and think, how did I get here?

Yes, it does come more often to my mind, I think in the last couple of years, as the end is nearer than the beginning, obviously, and

know, lots of thoughts running through my mind.

But no, because I don't allow myself to really hang, you know, hang out with those thoughts for too long because I just feel, you know, as long as I'm playing at a high level, I don't have time.

You know, the life of a tennis player is a constant journey.

You know, you have every single week there's a new competition.

Obviously I'm not playing as much as I used to, but, you know, once the season starts, your, your mind is racing and you, you know, there's always the next challenge, you know, you're done with this week, you know, what's the next week, next tournament, next competition, how do I get ready for it?

So you really don't allow yourself to really reflect too much.

And yeah, hopefully when I put my record aside, you know, sipping some nice cocktail on the beach.

And then, then I'll reflect on everything.

Well, given what you achieved last year, four semi finals in the majors and it took the very best players in the world to beat you, you're a little unlucky here with injury, but, you know, you obviously push sinner at the French Open.

You were there or thereabouts in all of the Slams, and obviously that's what's important to you.

How are you feeling coming into this Australian Open?

It always feels good at the beginning of the tournament.

You know, let's see how, let's see how I progress.

I mean, tonight's performance was, was definitely great.

You know, I cannot complain about anything.

And obviously it's always a challenge to kick start, start the competition and the tournament in the right way, with the right note and sending the right signal, not just to yourself, but

So now I have a couple of days without a match, recover my body.

I'm using every hour that I can to get my body recovered and in shape for the next challenge.

Well make congratulations on tonight and we look forward to progressing through the event.

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Novak Djokovic On-Court Interview | Australian Open 2026 First Round

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