Dizzy, dehydrated Djokovic MELBOURNE: Dominic Thiem said there are only u201c small detailsu201d between him and tennisu2019s Big Three Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, after losing the Australian Open final on Sunday to Djokovic.

The Austrian, 26, took down four seeds, including Nadal, to reach the final and was even up two sets to one, making him feel that he and others, notably Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev, are close to challenging the Big Three. u201c I think itu2019s only small details. In the last two finalsu2014 US Open and hereu2014 it was close. It could have gone either way for Daniil in US Open [ v Nadal] and for me here,u201d he said, referring to Medvedevu2019s five- setter with Nadal in New York. u201c Itu2019s a bit of luck, little details here and there.