Novak Djokovic has won a record-equalling sixth Australian Open men's crown with a straight-sets final win over Andy Murray at Melbourne Park.
Novak Djokovic is placing no limits on what he might achieve after joining the legendary ranks of Rod Laver and Bjorn Borg with another crushing Australian Open final victory over Andy Murray.
The ruthless top seed once again imposed his mental and physical hold over Murray to emulate 1960s amateur champion Roy Emerson as a six-time winner of the season-opening grand slam with a 6-1 7-5 7-6 (7-3) triumph at Melbourne Park on Sunday night.
The Serbian dominator also joined Laver and Borg with 11 career majors and now trails only Roger Federer (17), Rafael Nadal (14), Pete Sampras (14) and Emerson (12) in his relentless pursuit of grand slam immortality.
"I'm extremely honoured to be mentioned along legends of our sport like Rod Laver," Djokovic said.
"Thank you for coming tonight and making this special.
"To Mr Roy Emerson, who isn't here tonight, it's a privilege to match your record of six Australian Open titles.
One of the greatest players to play the game."
After sweeping to four of the past five majors - losing only last year's French Open final to Stan Wawrinka - Djokovic is refusing to rule out surpassing Federer as the most successful grand slam performer the game has known.
"I'm playing the tennis of my life and my results show that," said the rampant world No.1.
"I don't want to think how far I can go and what my boundaries are.
"I prepare myself as best I can for the three guys - Nadal, Federer and Murray ... I've found the right formula for Andy."
Djokovic's latest triumph over Murray - his 11th in their past 12 encounters - consigned the world No.2 to a more unfortunate place in the tennis record books as the first man in the 48-year open era to lose five finals in Melbourne.
The vanquished Scot also fell to Djokovic in 2011, 2013 and last year and to Federer in the 2010 title match.
