New Delhi: Novak Djokovic took a significant step in his bid for the record 25th Grand Slam win as he defeated Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the semi-finals of the Australian Open in Melbourne on Tuesday.
It was the 10-time Australian Open champion Djokovic’s 50th Grand Slam semi-final entrance, the most by any male tennis player.
Seeded seventh this time, Djokovic reached his 12th semi-final at Melbourne Park.
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Djokovic was beaten by eventual champion Jannik Sinner in the semi-final last year and failed to win a Gramd Slam in a season for the first time since 2017.
But the Serb dispelled all doubts about his fitness and ability to win his 25th major title with a top-quality performance to beat Alcaraz in three hours and 37 minutes.
Djokovic will meet Alexander Zverev in the last four, with the world number two German beat Tommy Paul 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (7/0), 2-6, 6-1 victory over the 12th-seeded American.
“To be honest, I should have been down two sets to love,” Zverev said, as he targets to become the first male German player to win the Australian Open since Boris Becker in 1996.
(More to follow…)
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