The Australian Open stages the match of the tournament so far as two of the sport’s biggest stars meet in the quarter-final

Djokovic’s four-set victory over his young rival sets up a semifinal with second-seeded Alexander Zverev and keeps alive his hope of a record 25th Grand Slam title.

Carlos Alcaraz will have to wait for another year to chase a Career Grand Slam in Melbourne. The 21-year-old suffered the Australian Open quarter-final loss to Novak Djokovic at Rod Laver Arena. Thus,

In a matchup more appropriate for a final, 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic prevails in four sets over reigning Wimbledon champ.

If Djokovic recovers and plays without issues, it should be a cracking duel between two great friends. The Serb fought well against the Spaniard in the quarter-final when he restored his movement. Alcaraz lost his focus and sprayed too many errors to send the legend through.

Novak Djokovic is chasing history after defeating Carlos Alcaraz in a grueling 3 1/2-hour match in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Tuesday.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- It's time for the eighth installment of the riveting, intergenerational rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. This one, though, will be the first at the Australian Open — and the first in the quarterfinals of a tournament; each of the others came in either a semifinal or final.

The legend hopes to produce a similar level against Carlos and challenge world no. 3, who seeks a Career Grand Slam at 21! Alcaraz dropped one set in the opening four rounds against Nuno Borges. The Spaniard came to Melbourne with improvements, and they have worked fine.

Jannik Sinner: Sinner further highlighted his status as the best player in the world with an emphatic run to a third Grand Slam title. The world No 1 dropped just two sets in Melbourne and his dominance in the final highlighted the gap between him and the rest of the field on hard courts.

The 24-time Grand Slam champion posted on social media what appears to be an MRI confirming the injury that forced him to retire.

It could be tempting to write off Novak Djokovic at this point, to think he might be closer than ever to being done competing for Grand Slam