"Phenomenal fighting spirit": Djokovic full of praise for Murray after marathon win
ATPFriday, 20 January 2023 at 20:00
Novak Djokovic reacted to Andy Murray's epic comeback win over Thanasi Kokkinakis with a series of social media posts hailing him as a true champion.
Andy Murray was down 2-5 in the 3rd set to Thanasi Kokkinakis being pretty much out of the event. He fought back to take that set in the tiebreak and then won two more sets to complete the sensational comeback win. It was the second-longest match in Australian Open history lasting well above five hours and finishing at 04:00 in the morning locally.
Murray was hailed as a great champion by many around the Tour with his good friend Djokovic reacting to the victory as well on social media. In a series of posts. Djokovic wrote:
"Phenomenal fighting spirit of a great champion! Really inspirational! Well done, mate."
Djokovic and Nadal played the longest match ever at the Australian Open in he referenced that in a post as well writing:
"You just fell short of eight mins. Sorry mate!"
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