Ben Shelton's Australian Open quarterfinal foe, Lorenzo Sonego, produced the shot of the tournament — diving to his left for a volley with so much spin that the ball bounced on one side of the net, then floated back over to the other — but it was the American who ended up with the victory Wednesday.
MELBOURNE, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Carlos Alcaraz said he thought the trio ... the Brazilian to Lorenzo Sonego on Thursday and the Czech to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Friday.
Novak Djokovic took medical timeout towards the end of the first set after he was seen limping around the Rod Laver Arena, and overcame physical discomfort as well as conceding the first set to defeat Carlos Alcaraz 4-6,
Fonseca will take on Lorenzo Sonego in round two, and Alcaraz - himself only 21 - sees the sky as the limit for the teenager
Novak Djokovic defeated rival Carlos Alcaraz in the 2025 Australian Open quarterfinals with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 victory at Rod Laver Arena. The 3-hour, 37-minute match — which started Tuesday and end
Novak Djokovic overcame Carlos Alcaraz and has advanced into the semifinal round. The Serbian defeated the Spaniard with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 lead.
All singles players who lost in the quarterfinals made A$665,000 (approx. US$418,000). This is a sharp increase from the A$600,000 (approx. US$377,000) that the players received as prize money courtesy of a quarterfinal appearance last year.
Novak Djokovic is two matches away from adding to his record-setting 10 Australian Open titles. He’ll have to get through No. 2 ranked Alexander Zverev in Thursday night’s semifinal. The match will start around 10:30 p.m. ET, since it’s taking place in Melbourne, Australia.
If it seems as if there’s always something going on with Novak Djokovic at Grand Slam tournaments, that’s because there usually is. Even Djokovic himself acknowledged as much as he prepared to face Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open semifinals Friday after taking painkillers for a hurt left leg.
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Even Djokovic himself acknowledged as much as he prepared to face Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open semifinals Friday after taking painkillers for a hurt left leg. "I don't recall the last time it was any Slam without some form of drama,
When the American is on form, his tennis looks like a flurry of winners and good times. But he's more interested in running the numbers.