Novak Djokovic won nine of the last fourteen Australian Opens 2008–21. In that time Federer won thrice and Nadal and Wawrinka once each. So no, courageous and exhilarating as Nadal’s 2022 win was, it does not make him the GOAT. The foul that felled Djokovic from behind, by a government desperate to reverse polls before elections due by May, was unprincipled, anti-scientific and a populist sop to the mob.
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