The Australian Open’s confidence in Djokovic winning the 2026 title has sparked amusing comments online, with netizens saying they have perfected the art of balancing interests to the extreme.

People have always claimed that the Australian Open, as the first event of the new season, is best at stirring up topics, and this year, everyone has found the most convincing proof of that.

If last year’s pre-match exhibition warm-up had become a custom, then this year’s innovative “one-point victory” event, allowing pros and amateurs to compete side by side, has indeed attracted a lot of attention.

Moreover, releasing a series of predictions about who will win the 2026 Australian Open has maximized the hype, with fans and netizens joking that this edition of the Australian Open has taken the art of balancing interests to an unprecedented level.

Many are currently teasing that the 2026 Australian Open organizers are playing the balancing game, which is related to their favoring Djokovic to win!

Before the article titled “Why Djokovic Will Win the 2026 Australian Open” was published, the general consensus when predicting the Serbian star’s chance of claiming his 25th Grand Slam was that Melbourne was the most likely place for it to happen.

As a ten-time champion in Melbourne, no one knows this venue better than Djokovic. Some netizens even joked that this 38-year-old father probably knows the exact location of every crack on the center court floor. The implication is that Djokovic has played there so many times it’s uncountable, and he has dominated there. Naturally, everything about this place is deeply etched in his mind, incomparable to anyone else.

Furthermore, Djokovic won his first Grand Slam title here and has achieved his best Grand Slam results at this venue, so it’s only natural that the Serbian star is favored to win again in this lucky place.

Therefore, when the Australian Open officially released “Why Djokovic Will Win the 2026 Australian Open,” his supporters were very pleased, saying it came just in time: “Better late than never, a good omen is what matters, good things don’t come too late.”

The reasons given in the Australian Open’s article predicting Djokovic’s victory next year in Melbourne Park were very solid, with the first reason immediately praised by fans and netizens as “irrefutable and spot on.”

The Australian Open’s confidence in Djokovic winning the 2026 men’s singles title is based on three factors: first, having won ten Australian Open titles; second, an impressive 91% winning rate; and third, an astonishing 33-match winning streak.

After seeing these three reasons supporting Djokovic’s 2026 Melbourne Park triumph, a netizen remarked that the Australian Open officials truly understand Djokovic, as these points not only precisely hit the key confidence factors fans still hold about the veteran in Melbourne but also “revealed Djokovic’s winning formula in Melbourne.”

Actually, before this wave of excitement among Djokovic’s supporters grew, there was a period when many were deeply dissatisfied with the Australian Open officials.

When the Australian Open published the article “Why Ben Shelton Will Win the 2026 Australian Open,” many people were quite shocked.

Although Shelton has potential and Americans are confident he could become the new third star in men’s tennis alongside Sinner and Alcaraz, many still felt the Australian Open was overly confident in Shelton winning next year’s title. Even if Djokovic’s fans kept their dissatisfaction to themselves, fans of Sinner and Alcaraz strongly disagreed, since Shelton is not in the same league as those two, and his chances of winning are even lower than the 38-year-old Serbian veteran.

As this unfolded, people realized the Australian Open was playing a strategic game; they weren’t deliberately trying to push Shelton as the champion but rather created a “balanced” series of articles.

For example, after the piece supporting Shelton was published, articles followed explaining “Why Alcaraz Will Win the Title” and “Why Sinner Will Win the 2026 Australian Open.” Along with the current “Why Djokovic Will Win the 2026 Australian Open,” it’s clearly a strategy to avoid offending any top contenders, balancing support evenly among the giants, favorites, and rising stars.

Judging by the heated discussions this has sparked, the continuous generation and branching of topics, and the soaring traffic and popularity, it can be said that the Australian Open’s “balancing act” this year was very successful. Some fans and netizens even call it “the highest level innovation in balancing interests,” which is certainly not an exaggeration.(Source: Tennis Home, Author: Moonlight River’s Starry Sky)