Los quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2025 For the men’s branch, the main duel is between Novak Djokovic (7th) vs. Carlos Alcaraz (3rd). The meeting is scheduled for this Tuesday at 6 (Argentine time) at the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne Park and is broadcast live on ESPN 2, a channel that can be tuned online on the digital platforms Disney+, Flow, DGO and Telecentro Play.
In the previous round, the favorite to win according to the betting predictions is the third seed in the tournament with a maximum odds of 1.55 against 2.75 that estimates their defeat, that is, a victory for the seventh seed. The winner of the match will advance to the semifinals and will face the winner of the clash between the American Tommy Paul (12°) and the german Alexander Zverev (2°), that are previously faced in the same scenario.
The match pits two former ATP world number 1 ranking players face to face at different times in their careers and with opposite objectives. The Serbian, top winner of the first major of the season with 10 titles, is looking for his eleventh crown to expand his legend while the Spaniard wants to become the youngest tennis player to win the Grand Slam, that is, to be champion of the four most important competitions. because he has already achieved the US Open (2022), Wimbledon (2023 and 2024) and Roland Garros (2024).
On his way to the round of eight players, the Balkan beat the American in the first round Nishesh Basavareddy by 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 and 6-2; in the next to Portuguese Jaime Faria by 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-3 and 6-2; in the third to the Czech Tomas Machac by 6-1, 6-4 and 6-4; and in eighths to the also Czech Live in Lehecka by 6-3, 6-4 and 7-6 (4).
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The Iberian, for his part, defeated the Kazakh in his debut Alexander Shevchenko by 6-1, 7-5 and 6-1; later to the Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka by 6-0, 6-1 and 6-4; in the third stage to Portuguese Nuno Borges by 6-2, 6-4, 6-7 (3) and 6-2; and in the second round the British Jack Draper (15°) 7-5, 6-1 and I retire.
The history between Djokovic and Alcaraz has seven precedents with four victories for the Serbian and three for the Spaniard. The last time they met was in the final of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games with the 37-year-old winning by a double 7-6. It is the first time they have met at the Australian Open, but the third time in a Grand Slam because they did it twice at Wimbledon (ends of 2023 and 2024 with both joys for the Murcian) and once at Roland Garros (semifinal of the 2023 edition with smile for the most experienced).
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