Preview Melbourne: u201c Kingu201d Novak Djokovic has won all seven Australian Open finals he has contested, he is on a 12- match winning streak and will become World No. 1 if successful in the Melbourne Park decider on Sunday.

Against those overwhelming odds, few are giving Dominic Thiem much of a chance to wrench the title from his iron grip and clinch a maiden Grand Slam. But the Austrian, remarkably, is the one with the recent edge.