He has already drawn level with Rafael Nadal on career grand slams, but Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic now has loftier goals - including the 'untouchable' 50-year-old record set by the great Margaret Court.

By overcoming a hamstring injury and beating Greek star Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets to claim a record tenth Australian Open title, Djokovic reached 22 grand slams alongside Nadal.

However with the Spanish great battling injuries to continue his career, the Serbian star is now poised to become the greatest male player in the Open era.

Djokovic is not content with being the equal-best male player of all time. 

First, he wants to become the greatest player of any gender in the Open era by overtaking Serena Williams' historic 23 career slam titles.

Then he has his sights set on Australian superstar Margaret Court who notched up 24 career singles titles, a once untouchable record set half a century ago, in 1973. 

'Of course I am motivated to win as many slams as possible,' Djokovic said when asked if he felt he could reel in Court - and then carry on.

'At this stage of my career, these trophies are the biggest motivational factor of why I still compete. That's the case without a doubt.

'I still have lots of motivation. Let's see how far it takes me. I really don't want to stop here. I don't have intention to stop here.'

Meanwhile, Djokovic's coach Goran Ivanisevic has revealed just how bad his charge's hamstring injury was during the tournament and how brave the Serbian was to not only play on, but win the Open.

'Let me put it like this: I don't say 100 per cent, but 97 per cent of the players, on Saturday when you get results of the MRI, you go straight to the referee office and pull out of the tournament,' 

'But not him. He is from other space. His brain is working differently.

'He gave everything. Seventy-seven therapies a day. Every day was kind of better and better. I didn't expect this. Honestly, I was shocked.' 

Lauding his seemingly ageless charge for his fanatical approach to diet and training, Ivanisevic believes the father of two can play on for at least two or three more years.

But Djokovic, who ranked his 2023 Open campaign 'in the top two or three' for his level of play despite carrying the hamstring injury for half the tournament, is placing no limits on himself.

'I feel great about my tennis. I know that when I'm feeling good physically, mentally present, I have a chance to win any slam against anybody,' he said.

'I like my chances going forward.

'I don't know how many more years I'm going to play or how many more slams I'm going to play. It depends on various things. It doesn't depend only on my body.

'It's extremely important for me to be, of course, first to have the support and love from the close ones, and ability to go and play and keep the balance with the private life.

'But at the same time I have the mental clarity or - how should I say - aspirations to really strive to chase these trophies.

'Physically I can keep myself fit. Of course, 35 is not 25, even though I want to believe it is. But I still feel there is time ahead of me. Let's see how far I go.'