Australia Open 2025: Novak Djokovic to face Carlos Alcaraz in men's singles quarterfinals

ANI January 21, 2025 154 views

Hey, you won't believe the epic tennis match coming up at the Australian Open! Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz are set to face off in the quarterfinals, with Djokovic leading their head-to-head record 4-3. At 37, Djokovic is gunning for his record 11th Australian Open title, while 21-year-old Alcaraz is hungry to break through. This match is going to be an absolute thriller between two generations of tennis greatness!

"Every match against Alcaraz is a battle of generations and skill" - Implied Djokovic Perspective
Melbourne, January 21: The ongoing Australia Open 2025 will witness one of the biggest matches with Serbia's Novak Djokovic locking horns with Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the men's singles quarterfinal on Tuesday.

Key Points

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Djokovic seeks record 11th Australian Open title

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Alcaraz aims to break through quarterfinal barrier

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Historic head-to-head rivalry continues

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Olympic champions clash on Rod Laver Arena

The Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz Australian Open 2025 quarter-final clash at the Rod Laver Arena will be available on live streaming and live telecast in India. The match is scheduled to start at 2:40 PM IST.

Djokovic, 37, last played Alcaraz, 21, in the final of the Paris 2024 Olympics with the Serbian clinching gold after a 7(7)-6(3), 7(7)-6(2) win in straight sets.

Seeded seventh at the 2025 Australian Open, Djokovic has played against Alcaraz on seven occasions so far and the Serbian leads the head-to-head record 4-3 against the young Spaniard.

Djokovic, also a bronze medallist at Beijing 2008 Olympics, boasts the most number of men's Grand Slam titles (24) in history. Ten of these have come at the Australian Open - also a record.

He beat 24th seed Jiri Lehecka of Czechia 6-3, 6-4, 7(7)-6(4) in the fourth round and dropped just two sets on his way to the quarter-finals this year.

The 37-year-old's last Australian Open triumph came in 2023 when he beat Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-5) in the final.

Third-seed Carlos Alcaraz, on the other hand, is yet to win the Australian Open. He was knocked out in the quarter-finals in the previous two editions of the season's first Grand Slam.

Though the Australian Open has proven to be elusive for the young Spaniard, he has already won one French Open, two Wimbledons, and a US Open so far.

Carlos Alcaraz received a walkover in his fourth-round encounter against Jack Draper of Great Britain. The Spaniard was leading 7-5, 6-1 against the 15th-seeded Draper before the latter decided to concede.

Olympic silver medallist Alcaraz has dropped only one set against Portugal's Nuno Borges in the third round en route to the Australian Open quarters.

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