“The 38-year-old Serbian survived and with a comeback in 5 sets defeated the Melbourne champion of the last two years”, — write: sport.ua
In the semi-finals, the Serb defeated the second ranked player in the world and the Australian Open champion of the last two years in five sets Yannick Sinner (Italy).
Australian Open 2026. 1/2 finals
Novak Djokovic (Serbia) [4] – Yannick Sinner (Italy) [2] – 3:6, 6:3, 4:6, 6:4, 6:4
In the fifth game, Djokovic realized the only break point and saved eight himself. In particular, Nole went with 0:40 in the eighth game on the serve.
In total, Djokovic won 16 break points in today’s match – he saved more only in the semi-finals of the Australian Open 2012 against Andy Murray (17).
Djokovic reached the Australian Open final for the 11th time in his career and will fight for his 11th trophy in Melbourne. For Nole, this will be the 38th final at Grand Slam tournaments – he has 24 titles.
In the decisive match, Novak will play against Carlos Alcaraz, who knocked out Alexander Zverev in his semi-final match.
Djokovic (38 years and 241 days) became the oldest men’s singles finalist at the Australian Open in the Open Era, surpassing the previous record set by Ken Rosewall in 1972.
Novak is the player with the most wins against top-10 opponents at a single GS since the ATP Rankings were published in 1973 (20, matching Rafael Nadal’s feat at Roland Garros).
Video review of the match