“The match of the 1/4 finals of the major will take place on January 21, the approximate start time is 11:30”, — write: sport.ua
Sport.ua will conduct a video broadcast of the match.
Novak Djokovic
The Serbian legend of world tennis refuses to age, he is 37 years old, he holds the record for the number of Slams won, as many as 24, and he wants more. There is a feeling that Nole’s wishes no longer match the possibilities, but the body is not recovering as well, you can remember how he was given an inhaler and pills in the last match against Legechka, or how Novak literally “fell apart” at Roland Garros last year, because injuries prevented him , and it was difficult to endure physically.
The Australian Open can be considered Djokovic’s favorite tournament, he has won it ten times, more than any other major. The Serbian reached the quarterfinals of the current Australian Slam “on experience”, the opponents were of average strength, he lost two sets during the whole time. The American Basavareddy and the Portuguese Faria were defeated in four games. It took three sets each to beat the Czechs, Makhach and Legechka.
Novak spent no more than 3 hours on the court, and played 11 hours in four matches. Perhaps the Serb himself understands that he can no longer keep up with the new generation, and it is difficult to leave with experience and technology, because everything is fine with young guys in these components as well. Djokovic is doing well with his serve, which cannot be called killer, but he has already served 55 aces in four matches, his first serve in recent matches is flying at an average speed of 188 km/h. “Nole” is dangerous on the reception, when the opponent serves the second serve, he wins about 60% of the draws.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Novak Djokovic Carlos Alcaraz
The Spanish tennis player is only 21 years old, although he can already be called a worthy heir of his compatriot Rafa Nadal. At his age, Alcaraz is already a four-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments and the ex-first racket of the world, by the way, he did not win only the Australian Open out of the four majors.
At this tournament, the Spaniard won four matches in less than 8 hours on the court, yes, there were only two sets with Draper, after which the opponent withdrew, but he also passed the others quickly. In the first round, the Kazakh Shevchenko was defeated in three games, the same score was 3:0 against the Japanese Nishioka, Alcaraz gave the only set to the Portuguese Borges, although the match was generally not difficult.
The athlete at this tournament plays well on the first serve, winning an average of more than 80% of the draws, and on the second serve he won less than 50% of the balls only against Draper. The main trump cards of Alcaraz can be considered speed, endurance, technique.
Getty Images/Global Images Ukraine. Carlos Alcaraz Personal meetings
The athletes have played each other seven times, currently the score is 4:3 in favor of Djokovic. Tennis players will play each other for the first time at such an early stage, previously they have met at least in the semifinals. Both face-to-face meetings last season are worth noting, first Alcaraz convincingly won in the Wimbledon final, and then the Serbian won the “dream match” in the final of the Olympic Games in Paris – 7:6, 7:6.
Prediction for the match Novak Djokovic – Carlos Alcaraz
This match will be watched by all true tennis fans, because such a battle of generations may not happen again. The young Spaniard is the favorite here, you can bet on him with a coefficient of about 1.5, Djokovic’s success is given 2.7. I expect a difficult and equal fight at the start of the meeting, and then the advantage of Alcaraz will increase. There is a possibility that Nole will not finish the match at all, which would certainly not be desirable. Ideally, it is better to take a clean victory of the Spaniard, lovers of thrills can take a small handicap.
Novak Djokovic 21.01.2025 –
11:30 a.m
Carlos Alcaraz