Ben Shelton's Australian Open quarterfinal foe, Lorenzo Sonego, produced the shot of the tournament — diving to his left for a volley with so much spin that the ball bounced on one side of the net, then floated back over to the other — but it was the American who ended up with the victory Wednesday.
There was an unknown factor about Jannik Sinner's condition after the problems he had during the match against Holger Rune at the 2025 Australian Open. The world No.1 swept away any doubts by demolishing Alex de Minaur in the last quarterfinal and reached the semifinals of the Happy Slam,
A VINTAGE Novak Djokovic tamed Carlos Alcaraz in a late-night blockbuster to set up an Australian Open semi-final with Alexander Zverev on Tuesday.
Fonseca will take on Lorenzo Sonego in round two, and Alcaraz - himself only 21 - sees the sky as the limit for the teenager
Novak Djokovic overcame Carlos Alcaraz and has advanced into the semifinal round. The Serbian defeated the Spaniard with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 lead.
All singles players who lost in the quarterfinals made A$665,000 (approx. US$418,000). This is a sharp increase from the A$600,000 (approx. US$377,000) that the players received as prize money courtesy of a quarterfinal appearance last year.
Carlos Alcaraz was once a teenager winning grand slam titles and the Spanish superstar believes Joao Fonseca could follow in his footsteps.
Novak Djokovic refused to let anything stop his pursuit of a record 25th Grand Slam trophy in the Australian Open quarterfinals. Not a problem with his left leg. Not an early deficit. And not the kid across the net,
Novak Djokovic continued his pursuit of a record 25th Grand Slam trophy by beating Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday to reach the Australian Open semifinals.
MELBOURNE, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Carlos Alcaraz said he thought the trio ... the Brazilian to Lorenzo Sonego on Thursday and the Czech to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina on Friday.
Novak Djokovic took medical timeout towards the end of the first set after he was seen limping around the Rod Laver Arena, and overcame physical discomfort as well as conceding the first set to defeat Carlos Alcaraz 4-6,