Novak Djokovic defeats Carlos Alcaraz in bizarre Australian Open super showdown

Although the match started very positively for him, Carlos Alcaraz has been eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2025 by Novak Djokovic. The Spaniard has fallen in 4 sets against the 24-time Grand Slam champion by a score of 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 and 4-6.

In this way, Alcaraz says goodbye to the only Grand Slam that still eludes him in his career, despite being only 21 years old. Djokovic, meanwhile, enters the semifinals of an Australian Open where he is still the king. He will fight against Alexander Zverev for a place in the final where he could play Jannik Sinner.

FIRST SET

In the first set, Alcaraz was slow to start and began losing 0-2. However, Carlitos would gradually find his game, and would quickly turn that deficit around. Keeping a hellish first serve, the set would reach 4-4, where Alcaraz dealt a hard blow to Djokovic, breaking his serve to serve to win the set. So it was to be, and the Murcian closed the set 6-4. But that would be the last good thing we would see from Alcaraz in the whole match.

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SECOND SET

Inexplicably, Carlos Alcaraz was going to come down from this moment. Novak Djokovic took advantage of the doubts of the Spaniard, and did not stop until he sank him. Both shared breaks in the first games of the set, but the decisive moment would come again at 4-4. The coin would fall on Djokovic's side this time, who broke Alcaraz's serve to take the second set 4-5 up and win the second set 4-6.

THIRD SET

In the third set, Djokovic is when he was going to start to really hurt Alcaraz. Although the Serb was when he served the worst in the whole match, he was unstoppable in the return game. He went 2-4 up, but Alcaraz tried to tie with an important break. Even so, the Spaniard lost his serve again, and left the Serbian on a platter the third set with 3-5 up. Djokovic was ahead in the match with 3-6, and much more positive feelings than Alcaraz.

FOURTH SET

In the fourth and definitive set, Carlos Alcaraz's defeat was going to be confirmed. The Spaniard lost his serve at the first change, and Novak Djokovic certified the break to go 0-2 up. The victory for the Serbian began to smell. With 2-4 on the scoreboard, Alcaraz saved a break ball that would have been decisive after a rally of 33 shots. Although he had two break points to tie, Alcaraz could not convert the game. Djokovic was one game away from victory, which he would close to 4-6.

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