Indestructible Novak Djokovic! Despite discomfort in the left adductor, the Serbian eliminated Carlos Alcaraz in Melbourne to obtain the right to play a… 50th Grand Slam semi-final. Novak Djokovic won 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 after 3h37′ of the match.
At the end of the first set, no spectator at the Rod Laver Arena would have bet a single dollar on the Serb’s chances of victory. He was, in fact, injured on the first point of the ninth game at 4-4 before, after a medical timeout, losing this initial round on one leg.
Before the anti-inflammatories took effect, Novak Djokovic sought to win points much faster than usual. This offensive tennis unsettled Carlos Alcaraz. Too imprecise on the restart, the Espagnol lost the thread of his game as the minutes passed to once again concede a mortifying defeat against Novak Djokovic, five months after the final of the Paris Games.
In the semi-final, Novak Djokovic will face world No. 2 Alexander Zverev against whom he has never lost in a Grand Slam. He notably beat him in Melbourne four years ago in the quarter-final. At 37, Novak Djokovic demonstrates that he is still able to win a Grand Slam title after a “blank” year 2024. The presence of Andy Murray in his box apparently increases his motivation tenfold. Blocking his path in Melbourne where he has already won ten times will not be easy. Even for the two best players in the world…
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