Novak Djokovic will meet Carlos Alcaraz in the men’s singles final at the Australian Open after both survived exhausting semifinals at Melbourne Park.
Djokovic edged defending champion Jannik Sinner in five sets over four hours, praising the crowd support as he reached his first grand slam final since Wimbledon 2024 and chased a record 25th major title.
Earlier, top seed Alcaraz outlasted Alexander Zverev in a five-hour, 27-minute epic to reach his first Australian Open final, rallying late despite fitness concerns.
The final pits Djokovic’s perfect 10–0 record in Australian Open finals against Alcaraz, who beat him in last year’s Wimbledon final, with both players carrying minor injury questions into Sunday’s decider.
Fabulous… I am so pleased to see a man of super conviction about his personal sovereignty…. doing so super well… I wish him victory in his final…. I hope the Aussie crowd and official-dumb feel how stupid they were a few years ago… when they thru him out of their country…. that is one of Aussies’ most Shameful moments in their history… make it up partially, by supporting this man….you can never make it up fully…. unless, say, you grant him citizenship on the spot, mind you he may not want such a thing… not with the current crop of plebs running the country…maybe One Nation, if it survives the hate speech rediculousness, can help there… otherwise, Oz is a mess still….