Novak Djokovic won his third straight major tennis tournament and fifteenth of his incredible career, completely outplaying another great, Rafael Nadal to win the final match held earlier today in Australia, in straight (the minimum three) sets.

This is Djokovic’s 7th Australian Open crown, breaking a record he shared with Roy Emerson and Roger Federer. He moved by Pete Sampras into third place in major tournament wins, trailing only Federer (20) and Nadal with 17.

Meanwhile, Naomi Osaka won her second straight woman’s major crown, defeating Petra Kvitova, in a very tough maximum (3) set match.

Perhaps Ms. Osaka is on her way to greatness, while Mr. Djokovic already there moved closer to a special pantheon of that all too often used term (greatness), easing by Nadal, who had not lost even a set, before Djokovic eased (6-3, 6-2 and 6-3).

Click below to view my post after Djokovic and Osaka each won at the U.S. Open last September.

• Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka Win U.S. Open Tennis Crowns on September 10, 2018

An all time great tennis player, Novak Djokovic, pictured above.