Novak Djokovic Vs Carlos Alcaraz LIVE, Australian Open: Djokovic won the last encounter between the two players in the gold medal match of the Paris Olympics
Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz LIVE, Australian Open: It is a proper heavyweight clash to decide one spot in the men’s singles semi-finals of the 2025 Australian Open as 10-time champion Novak Djokovic faces third seed Carlos Alcaraz. The 37-year-old Djokovic, seeded seventh, is chasing his 25th Grand Slam title while 21-year-old Alcaraz, already a winner of four Majors, is looking to make it past the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time in his career.…Read More
Alcaraz had lost in the quarterfinals of last year’s Australian Open as well, losing to Alexander Zverev. Djokovic has a 4-3 edge in matches with Alcaraz and beat the Spaniard in the Paris Olympics final in their last meeting. However, Alcaraz won their last two Slam encounters, the 2023 and 2024 Wimbledon finals.
Having looked almost invincible at various points in the last five years, it has been a comparatively shaky road to the quarterfinals in Melbourne this year for Djokovic. He was pushed in the first round to four sets by the unheralded Nishesh Basavareddy and by 24th seed Jiri Lehecka forced a tie-breaker in the last set of Djokovic’s fourth round match. At the end of that clash, Djokovic walked passed Jim Courier without doing the customary post-match on-court interview as a protest against “disrespect” shown by a senior Australian presenter working for the host broadcaster. There is almost always something more than tennis whenever Djokovic is involved and it is no different this year.
Alcaraz is worried that there is still life in the aging Djokovic yet, on the veteran’s favorite court where he has lifted the trophy 10 times. “When we are seeing him playing, he seems like he’s young again, it’s unbelievable. He’s in really good shape,” said Alcaraz.
Meanwhile, Djokovic said he was expecting a “big battle” against the heir to Spanish legend and former fellow Big 3 member Rafael Nadal. “We had some long battles, long exchanges. The kind of matches that I played against him remind me of my match-ups versus Nadal in terms of the intensity and the energy on the court,” said the Serb.
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“(He) reminds me of my match-ups versus Nadal in terms of the intensity and the energy on the court,” Djokovic said.
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“When we are seeing him playing, he seems like he’s young again, it’s unbelievable. He’s in really good shape,” said Alcaraz.
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“We had some long battles, long exchanges. The kind of matches that I played against him remind me of my match-ups versus Nadal in terms of the intensity and the energy on the court,” said the Serb.
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