by Day 10 of Australian Open 2025 ended much later than normal, thanks to a generally epic quarter -final match between Novak Djokovic And Carlos Alcaraz. These two have developed a little rivalry in the field in recent years, Alcaraz, 21, continuing to consolidate his talent and his chops while the 37-year-old man continues to fight the spectrum of time with nothing other than a tennis racket and a sneer.
Tuesday, Djokovic came out in the lead. While Alcaraz took the first set, Djokovic a Rugi and suffocated Alcaraz in the following three sets, winning 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. Djokovic goes to the semi-finals where he will face the seed n ° 2 Alexander Zverev Friday.
The Australian Open is the Djokovic playground. He was more successful than in any other adult, winning 10 of his 24 Grand Chelem trophies in Melbourne. He knows the courtyard, he knows the crowd, and above all, he knows himself. Although the rise of young people, talented and convincing like Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner can give the impression that Djokovic’s time in the sun is over, he is clearly not ready to enter the twilight of his career. He is there by beating ultra-spicing players like Alcaraz who are 16 years old his junior.
The era of the three large ones ended. But the era of Djokovic is still strong.
While Djokovic shot a major obstacle on his way on day 10, he was bad for the Americans at the Australian Open. Five Americans overall reached the quarterfinals, but the best classified woman and man were both lost on Tuesday.
Seed n ° 3 Coco Gauff saw his open Australian trip end with his loss at n ° 11 Paula Badosa in right sets. Gauff was not overwhelmed by Badosa, but did not play properly. It served six double defects and had 41 uns forked errors, compared to the two double defects of Badosa and 23 uns forked errors.
Tommy PaulSowing 12th, also lost, beaten by the seeded n ° 2 which hunts its first major trophy with great intensity. Zverev beat Paul 7-6 (1), 7-6 (0), 2-6, 6-1 in a end and trendy match. Zverev judged the two equality breaks to win sets one and two, but Paul was released and dominated Zverev in the third set. But Zverev, who can play as a force of nature, returned and slammed a fast fourth set victory to take the match.
The n ° 1 seed of women Aryna Sabalenka defeated n ° 27 Anastasia pavlyuchenkovaBut not without any problem. Sabalenka won 6-2, 2-6, 6-3, but dropped her first set from the whole tournament. And it was not close either. For the first time at the Australian Open 2025, Sabalenka was overwhelmed and preceded. Pavlyuchenkova could not make a big bump in the sets it has lost, but it shows that the domination of Sabalenka can be broken in the right circumstances.
The three remaining Americans will then play their games in the quarter -final. N ° 19 Madison Keys will face n ° 28 Elina Svitolina, while n ° 8 Emma Navarro Will beat n ° 2 iga swiatek. It will be a difficult match for Navarro, because Swiatek was as dominant as Sabalenka – Swiatek’s opponents in his last three games have won a total of four games. On the side of men, n ° 21 Ben Shelton is confronted with the SONEGO LORENZO not series. If Shelton wins, he will play in his second Grand Chelem semi-final in career, his first since 2023 US Open.
