Pictures of tennis rivals Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal crying after combining for Team Europe in a doubles match in London went viral on social media.
Nadal moved to equal-second with John Newcombe on the all-time list for most quarterfinals in Australia.
Rafa Nadal barely broke sweat as he continued his quest for a 21st Grand Slam with a brutal 6-3 6-3 6-3 dismantling of Briton Cameron Norrie in the third round of the French Open on Saturday.
The 33-year-old Serbian has won five of the past seven men's singles Slam crowns but came to the US hardcourts only after assurances from European officials that players returning from the US would not face a long quarantine before upcoming events.
Djokovic twice fought back from a breakdown in the first set and after dominating the tie-breaker he never looked back, winning 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 6-3 as Federer, who needed a medical time-out, faded.
Never before has a final in London lasted so long - it went into the twelfth game of the fifth set and then into the tiebreak.
Federer, who has skipped the whole clay court season for the past two years, declared the triumph over the big-serving American in just 63 minutes was an ideal performance from which to launch a French Open bid.
Federer, who won the last of his Indian Wells titles two years ago but lost in 2018 final, used his backhand slice to keep Gojowczk from gaining any rhythm in the first set.
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Tennis star Roger Federer announces his withdrawal from the Rio Olympic games due to a knee injury.
The last time the 17-time Grand Slam champion was absent from a Grand Slam was at the 1999 US Open.
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