A stone's throw from a 25th Title du Grand Chelem, Novak Djokovic abandons after a set in the semi-finals against Alexander Zverev

Decuple winner of the Melbourne tournament, the Serbian threw the sponge after losing the first set, visibly injured in the left thigh on Friday.

The fight had to be high. It only lasted 1h21. At the end of the first set, lost in the decisive game 7-6 (7/5), Novak Djokovic (n ° 7) abandoned in the first semi-final of the Australian Open, against the German Alexander Zverev (n ° 2), Friday January 24. The Serbian, who appeared on the court with a thigh bandage as in the previous round when he had brilliantly dominated Carlos Alcaraz, has not yet explained the reasons for his abandonment.

From the first minutes of play, the intensity produced by the two men was very high, and none of them could convert the break balls that they procured. The German therefore qualifies for his first final in Melbourne and is still waiting for his opponent, the Italian and world number 1 Jannik Sinnerr or the American Ben Shelton, who will play in the evening.