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Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz top the Australian Open blockbuster
Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz face off in a match for the ages on Tuesday, as old and new tennis come into their own as the Australian Open reaches the quarter-finals. In the women's section, defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff can create a blockbuster semi-final with last eight victories. Alcaraz, 21, and Djokovic, 37, will meet for the first time at this stage of a Grand Slam in a late-night heavyweight clash at Rod Laver Arena.
Djokovic is seeking his 100th tournament title and a record 25th Grand Slam crown.
He refused to do a routine court interview on Sunday in protest against a Channel Nine TV presenter whom he accused of making “offensive and insulting comments”.
Djokovic has a 4-3 lead in matches with Alcaraz and defeated the Spaniard in the final of the Paris Olympics in their last meeting.
But Alcaraz won their last two Slam meetings, the 2023 and 2024 Wimbledon finals, and has been a major winner four times.
However, he never got further than the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.
Djokovic said he expected a “big fight” against the heir to Spanish legend Rafael Nadal.
“We had some long fights, long exchanges. The kind of matches I played against him reminds me of my matches against Nadal in terms of the intensity and the energy on the court,” the Serbian said.
Alcaraz is wary that there is still life in old dog Djokovic, on the veteran's favorite court, where he has lifted the trophy 10 times.
“When we watch him play, it seems like he's young again, it's incredible. He's really in good shape,” Alcaraz said.
Women's world number one Sabalenka plays Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who at 33 is enjoying a late-career renaissance and is the oldest woman left in the draw.
Badosa 'revenge'
Should the top-ranked Belarusian get through that evening match, she could meet Gauff in a repeat of the 2024 semi-final, provided the American beats Spain's 11th seed Paula Badosa in the opening match at the Rod Laver Arena at 11:30 am (0030 GMT). .
Gauff and Badosa met twice last year, with the American world number three winning both in three sets.
The Spaniard feels she has unfinished business after coming within a set and a break of their last meeting in Beijing before losing.
“I love Coco. I respect her a lot,” Badosa told reporters of the 20-year-old, who is unbeaten in nine matches this season.
“The last one was very tough for me because I was winning at the time, but then the momentum changed. I hope I can get my revenge here.”
The number two in the world, Alexander Zverev, has reached the quarter-finals of the men's singles almost under the radar.
The German will continue his quest for a maiden Grand Slam title against 12th-seeded American Tommy Paul, who always brings his best tennis to Melbourne.
“I think he is someone who is quite smart. I think he is someone who can change tactics a lot when he plays,” Zverev said.
The Australian Open has been by far Paul's most successful Slam, with a 15-5 win-loss record in his six tournaments.
He reached the semifinals in 2023 – the first American man to do so since Andy Roddick in 2009 – before losing to eventual champion Djokovic.
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