Ben Shelton's Australian Open quarterfinal foe, Lorenzo Sonego, produced the shot of the tournament — diving to his left for a volley with so much spin that the ball bounced on one side of the net, then floated back over to the other — but it was the American who ended up with the victory Wednesday.
There was an unknown factor about Jannik Sinner's condition after the problems he had during the match against Holger Rune at the 2025 Australian Open. The world No.1 swept away any doubts by demolishing Alex de Minaur in the last quarterfinal and reached the semifinals of the Happy Slam,
Carlos Alcaraz has hailed Joao Fonseca as "unbelievable" and "incredible" in the wake of the teenager shocking Andrey Rublev at the Australian Open.
The 24-time Grand Slam winner will take in 21-year-old Spaniard for the first time after Paris Olympics 2024. The Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz match starts at 2:40 PM IST.
Fonseca will take on Lorenzo Sonego in round two, and Alcaraz - himself only 21 - sees the sky as the limit for the teenager
All singles players who lost in the quarterfinals made A$665,000 (approx. US$418,000). This is a sharp increase from the A$600,000 (approx. US$377,000) that the players received as prize money courtesy of a quarterfinal appearance last year.
A vintage Novak Djokovic tamed Carlos Alcaraz in a late-night blockbuster to set up an Australian Open semifinal with Alexander Zverev as two-time women’s defending champion Aryna Sabalenka fought on.
Novak Djokovic has come back to defeat Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Australian Open semifinals for the 12th time.
Alcaraz, who is aiming to become the youngest ... Fonseca played his first five-sets match yesterday, as well [against Lorenzo Sonego]. "While they are getting experience, they're going to become ...
IMAGE: Spain's Carlos Alcaraz celebrates winning his third ... are already out after five-set losses, the Brazilian to Lorenzo Sonego on Thursday and the Czech to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina ...
Melbourne: Teenage rising star Joao Fonseca was bundled out in the Australian Open second round on Thursday by wily Italian Lorenzo ... by Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic this week. Sonego's ...