French Open day 15: Tom Brady, Kylian Mbappe on hand to witness Novak Djokovic’s historic moment
We look back at the final day of the 2023 French Open as Novak Djokovic secured his most significant piece of tennis history with his 23rd Grand Slam title.
The Serbian defeated Casper Ruud 7-6 (7-1), 6-3, 7-5 in the final at Roland Garros to break the men’s all-time record he shared with Rafael Nadal.
It was a third final defeat for Norwegian Ruud, who was unable to take his chances in the first set.
Djokovic notched up a string of other records with the win as he is now also the oldest Roland Garros champion and the first man to win three Career Grand Slams.
Picture of the day
Novak Djokovic hits the deck as he enjoys that winning feeling after winning a third French Open title that saw him move to 23 Grand Slams.
Quote of the day
“I wish you to win against anybody except me.” – Novak Djokovic to Casper Ruud
Tweet of the day
It was another record-breaking tournament for Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett as he won the men’s wheelchair doubles title for a fourth successive year alongside Gordon Reid for his 17th doubles Grand Slam title.
Hewett, though, lost the men’s singles final 6-1, 6-4 against 17-year-old Tokito Oda.
Yesterday concluded a special day with mixed emotions.
My debut on Philippe-Chatrier didn’t go the way I’d hoped. Congrats Tokito 👏🏼 Still, an amazing experience to get the chance to play on such an iconic court and have wheelchair tennis on display pic.twitter.com/3BKO7D484m
— Alfie Hewett (@alfiehewett6) June 11, 2023
Faces in the crowd
NFL legends Tom Brady and football greats Kylian Mpabbe and Zlatan Ibrahimovic witnessed history at Roland Garros.
I spy…
🏈 @TomBrady 🏈#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/HCeT4v0THx
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 11, 2023
✨ @KMbappe 🤝 @Ibra_official ✨#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/utznU5I3rs
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) June 11, 2023
Shot of the day
Ruud didn’t win the title, but he did win shot of the day.
Ridiculous Ruud 😱#RolandGarros | @rolandgarros | @CasperRuud98 pic.twitter.com/xVwNm7R5LZ
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) June 11, 2023
Roll of honour
Women’s singles: Iga Swiatek (Poland)
Men’s singles: Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s doubles: Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) and Wang Xinyu (China)
Men’s doubles: Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Austin Krajicek (USA)
Mixed doubles: Miyu Kato (Japan) and Tim Puetz (Germany)
Girls’ singles: Alina Korneeva
Boys’ singles: Dino Prizmic (Croatia)
Girls’ doubles: Clervie Ngounoue (USA) and Tyra Grant (USA)
Boys’ doubles: Yaroslav Demin and Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (Mexico)
Women’s wheelchair singles: Diede De Groot (Netherlands)
Men’s wheelchair singles: Tokito Oda (Japan)
Women’s wheelchair doubles: Yui Kamiji (Japan) and Kgothatso Montjane (South Africa)
Men’s wheelchair doubles: Alfie Hewett (Great Britain) and Gordon Reid (Great Britain)
Quad wheelchair singles: Niels Vink (Netherlands)
Quad wheelchair doubles: Andy Lapthorne (Great Britain) and Donald Ramphadi (South Africa)
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