Djokovic, who crossed Alcaras, only two steps away from 'major wins'
Djokovic, who crossed Alcaras, only two steps away from 'major wins'
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Novak Djokovic (38, 7th, Serbia), the "living legend" of men's tennis, is only two steps away from writing history.
Djokovic will face Alexander Zverev (2nd, Germany) in the men's singles semifinals of the Australian Open tennis tournament to be held in Melbourne, Australia on the 24th (Korea time).
Djokovic advanced to the semifinals with a 3-1 (4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4) come-from-behind victory over Carlos Alcaras (22, 23rd, Spain) in the quarterfinals on the 21st.
Djokovic laughed after a close race of 3 hours and 37 minutes in the big match, which was evaluated as a preview final.
Djokovic won the gold medal in the men's singles final at the Paris Olympics last year, beating Alcaras to achieve the career Golden Grand Slam (four major championships and Olympic championships).
It was their first face-off at the Australian Open, and Djokovic, who had already won the tournament 10 times, overpowered the "Shinsung" Alcaras with his seasoned skills.
With this, Djokovic took another step forward to win 25 singles titles in major tennis for the first time in men's and women's tennis history.
Djokovic, who has 24 wins with Margaret Court (Australia), who played in the 1960s and 1970s, is aiming for a new history through this competition.
Alcaras has crossed a big mountain, but a bigger one is waiting. Djokovic even said after his quarterfinal victory, "It would have been nice if today's game was the final."
The opponent team in the semifinal match is Tsverev, who is ranking second in the world. It is not an easy match.
Zverev is higher in the ranking, but Djokovic is leading with 8 wins and 4 losses in the previous record.
Coincidentally, Zverev is not the end.
In the semifinal match on the other side, world No. 1 Jannik Sinner (24, No. 1, Italy) is waiting.
Sinner will face Ben Shelton (23, 20th, USA) after the match between Djokovic and Zverev.
As it is a semi-final match, it is not easy to predict the outcome, but Cinner leads not only in the ranking but also in the opponent with 4 wins and 1 loss. As a result, expectations are high that Cinner will reach the final. 스포츠토토
In other words, Djokovic will face No. 2 Zverev after surpassing world No. 3 Alcaras, and if he beats Zverev, he is likely to meet No. 1 Sinner.
Djokovic and Sinner are tied against each other with four wins and four losses.
If Djokovic beats world No. 1 and No. 2, he will not only win the 25th major championship for the first time in history, but also the oldest major championship singles winner (37 years and 249 days).
Djokovic, who was called the "Tennis Big Three" along with Roger Federer (44, Switzerland) and Rafael Nadal (39, retired, Spain), is the only active player on the court so far.
Attention is focusing on whether "Living Legend" Djokovic will be able to show off the veteran's robustness by beating the top "young blood" rankers.