Kubler-Hijikata make Australia proud; anxiety beats Tsitsipas in the 2023 Australian Open final

Like a Colossus, and we petty men

Walk under his huge legs and peep about

To find ourselves dishonorable graves.'

They desperately yearn for defeating the Colossus, so that they could say – to go back to another Julius Caesar paraphrase:

'These growing feathers plucked from Djoker's wing

Will make him fly an ordinary pitch,

Who else would soar above the view of men

And keep us all in servile fearfulness.'

Unfortunately for the challengers, the plucking did not take place, this time.

But the Djoker is not completely unbeatable.

At the Adelaide International 1 this year, the young Korda nearly prevented him from getting his mini-crown on his way to the big one in Melbourne.

I wondered - Could it be Tsitsipas who might just be ready at last to knock off the Djoker from his perch in the Grand Final in Australia?