And that's the end of the 2015 Australian Open. It was the tournament where Andy Murray proved he is capable of reaching the heights of old after an iffy 12 months, but in the last few hours we've also learned he has to improve if he is to compete on such grand stages with the greats.

Djokovic is enjoying that familiar feeling of being an Australian Open champion and, with eight Grand Slams in the bag, can rightly claim to be one of the best players there has ever been.

Thanks, as always, for joining us and contributing. If you missed any of the action there are highlights and winning moments to watch. Bye for now, until we return on 6 March for Davis Cup action when Britain take on the USA in Glasgow.

Before you forget about the Australian Open for another year, make sure you have a read of these three corking stories from Melbourne.

Andy Murray's fiancee Kim Sears wears a 'Parental Advisory: Explicit Content' T-shirt to the men's singles final.

Serena Williams says vomiting during the final helped her win a sixth women's singles title.

Former world number one Martina Hingis wins her first Grand Slam title since coming out of retirement.

Australian Open, external tweet Andy Murray's thoughts on the defeat: "I'm frustrated at myself to let that [Djokovic injury] bother me. To me the reason why I lost that match was not a physical reason because I feel fine now."

Diepriye Josiah: Spectacular collapse from Andy losing 12 of the last 13 games. Can't put a positive spin on this. At least he's still smiling.

James Stevenson: Andy Murray will look back and won't be pleased with his attitude at the end. But he'll want to rectify that and I'm sure he will.

Image source, Jelena Djokovic

Novak Djokovic's wife Jelena posts a picture on Twitter, external of their baby son Stefan watching the moment his daddy collected the trophy.

All together now. Aaaaah...

• Murray's defeat means no Briton has won the men's singles since Fred Perry in 1934

• Murray has lost his last six matches against the player ranked number one in the world

• Murray has won two and lost six of his Grand Slam finals

• Djokovic wins his eighth Grand Slam title to move into equal eighth place on the all-time list, alongside Andre Agassi, Jimmy Connors, Ivan Lendl, Fred Perry and Ken Rosewall.

• Djokovic now has a 8-7 win-loss record in his 15 Grand Slam finals.

• Djokovic is the 17th number one seed to win the Australian Open.

Pat Cash
1987 Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 live

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"If Murray wants to beat these guys he has to learn from this. He has won an Olympic gold medal, Wimbledon and the US Open and he is a seriously good player, but if he is to become a great player he has to fix this element.

"He needs a good, hard look in the mirror and get his head together, but this loss is not the end of the world. It's not the worst thing for Murray to be almost embarrassed by the performance. Hopefully he will learn from it."

Pat Cash
1987 Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 live

"Andy Murray has to look at it and say 'I can't do this again' and see what he did wrong. He needs to find a balance between attacking and defending.

"No one is going to be more disappointed than him. We have all been there as professional players where you sit there and say 'what did I do wrong?'. Andy will feel he let everyone down but you learn from it. He has great physical fitness and he had a great tournament up to an hour ago."

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Christopher Wood: A very moving speech from Andy, first two sets were very high quality and then exhaustion took over.

Liz Henwood: A valiant effort but Djokovic just too good. Feeling very positive about Andy Murray's form for the rest of the season though.

George Loggie: What a great pity! Andy Murray went walkabout in the third set and that's when he lost the match. All credit to Djokovic.

Pat Cash
1987 Wimbledon champion on BBC Radio 5 live

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"Novak Djokovic's intensity as world number one is a brilliant skill in itself. We have seen how good Djokovic is and how little he gives his opponent.

"Things started snowballing for Andy Murray once he lost concentration then, in the fourth set, everything went against him. I feel sorry for him.

"He has not put up a great fight. He melted down - he absolutely collapsed. I wouldn't want to put a rose-tinted outlook on it - he melted down and will be disappointed. He hasn't been in this situation too many times and it became too much for him."

Andy Murray will not want to watch the winning moment again - but you might want to. Luckily you can.

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Djokovic takes his trophy towards the gaggle of photographers who want a picture of the Australian Open champion giving the trophy a big smooch. Who knows where Andy Murray is. Will he ever have his day in the Melbourne sun?

John Lloyd
1977 Australian Open runner-up on BBC One

"Andy Murray has had some injury problems, but now he is back in the finals of Grand Slams. There have been some good things about these two weeks for him but he has got to work on the mental side - that was obvious here.

"He has to go back to positive things and he can win a Slam this year. If he can vent and get rid of it, that's fine.

"But today he let it drag on for two and three games. By the time he got his mind back, it was game over."

"They tolerate a lot of things from me, on and off the court and put up with a lot from me," says Djokovic as he looks towards his camp.

"Without my family and closest people this wouldn't be possible and I thank you for supporting me. Last but not least, the fans. A record 733,000 - it's been a record-breaking year in terms of the fans coming to this Australian Open and it's truly one of the most remarkable sport events around the world and I'm honoured to be standing here as a champion for a fifth time and be among an elite group of players."

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"I would like to congratulate you and Kim on your engagement and I wish you a wonderful wedding and many kids," says Novak Djokovic. Kim Sears is giggling, but Murray does not react. It's as if Djokovic has told him he's stolen his last chocolate biscuit.

For the fifth time Djokovic steps up to collect the big prize at the Australian Open and the master of ceremonies reminds us that this is the Serb's first major as a father. Djokovic lifts the trophy up and kisses it, before cradling it in his arms.

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Andy Murray, who reached the final just 16 months after having back surgery: "I'd like to thank my team up there - it has been a tough year. I'm closer than I was a few months ago and I'll keep working hard to get there.

"I'll try to come back next year and have a slightly different outcome in the final."

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Beaten finalist Andy Murray, who has been runner-up four times: "Firstly I would like to congratulate Novak on his fifth Australian Open - it is a fantastic record and thoroughly deserved.

"I had amazing support here and it is probably my most consistent Grand Slam throughout my career but just haven't been able to win."