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organized on the grass surface in the suburbs

of Melbourne, until it was moved to the Rod

Laver Arena in the Melbourne Park, near

the city centre in 1980. It features men's and

women's singles, doubles and mixed doubles,

and juniors. Every year, around 550,000

visitors attend the matches.,

This year, Novak okovi, the best tennis

player, conquered the Rod Laver Arena for the

third time consecutively, fourth in total. At the

Australian Open, okovi was twice the title

defender. In the third consecutive finals in

Belbourne, his opponent was Andy Murray.

okovi won the match with the result 6-7

(2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2, thus winning this sixth

Grand Slam tournament in his career. He has

also become the only player in the Open era

that has won the Australian Open three times

in a row and achieved the record on the total

number of titles alongside Agasi and Federer

(4). This has been the first tournament which

okovi won more than three times.

burna, dok nije preseljen u Rod Lejver arenu

u okviru Melburn parka, pokraj centra gra-

da 1980 godine. Na turniru se igra singl za

muskarce i zene, kao i u parovima i u dublu,

takoe, se igra i za juniore. Godisnje turnir

poseti oko 550.000 gledalaca.

Ove godine, Novak Djokovi, najbolji

svetski igrac, po trei put uzastopno, cetvrti

put ukupno, osvojio je Rod Lejver arenu, Na

Otvorenom prvenstvu Australije okovi je

bio dvostruki branilac titule. U treem uzas-

topnom finalu Melburna protivnik mu je bio

Endi Marej. okovi je dobio taj mec rezul-

tatom 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 i tako osvojio

svoj sesti Grand Slam u karijeri. Takoe je

postao jedini igrac koji je u Open eri osvojio

Otvoreno prvenstvo Australije tri puta zare-

dom i izjednacio rekord Agasija i Federera

po broju ukupnih titula (4). Ovo je bio prvi

turnir koji je okovi osvojio vise od tri

puta.