Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will square off in a match for the ages on Tuesday. As the Australian Open enters the quarter-finals. In the women’s draw, defending champion Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff can set up a dramatic semi-final with last-eight victories. Alcaraz and Djokovic will meet at this stage of a Grand Slam for the first time in a heavyweight late-night match at Rod Laver Arena.
Djokovic aims for his 100th event win and a record 25th Grand Slam victory. On Sunday, he declined a normal on-court interview in protest of a TV presenter from host station Channel Nine, whom he accused of “insulting and offensive comments”. Djokovic leads Alcaraz 4-3 in matches and defeated him in the Paris Olympics final in their most recent matchup. However, Alcaraz has won their last two Slam matches.
The 2023 and 2024 Wimbledon finals are already a four-time major winner. He has never advanced past the Australian Open quarterfinals, however. Novak Djokovic predicted a “big battle” with the successor of Spanish icon Rafael Nadal. Alcaraz is skeptical that the old dog Djokovic is still alive, especially on the veteran’s favourite court, where he has won the trophy 10 times. They’ve met seven times in the semi-finals or finals of ATP Tour and Olympic events.
Alcaraz cemented himself as the New King
They first met at the 2022 Madrid Masters semifinals. The Australian Open 2025 quarterfinal match between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will be played at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. The game will start at 2:40 PM IST. It will be broadcast by SonyLiv and JioTV. The Serbian said, “We had some long battles, long exchanges. The kind of matches that I played against him reminds me of my match-ups versus Nadal in terms of the intensity and the energy on the court.”
Carlos Alcaraz said, “When we are seeing him playing, he seems like he’s young again, it’s unbelievable. He’s in really good shape.” Sabalenka, the current women’s world number one, faces Russian veteran Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who, at 33, is experiencing a late-career revival and is the oldest woman still in the draw.
