Australian Open 2025 QF - [7] Novak Djokovic (SRB) v/s [3] Carlos Alcaraz Garfia (SPN)

[Hitman]

Massive cuts at the ball from Djokovic.

He breaks.

 

[clayqueen]

It's not official, but an unwritten sportmanship rule. Not that we would ever accuse Djokovic of that.

So, anyone can just think of any rule they fancy and blame players for not abiding by it?

 

[MichaelNadal]

As expected lol

 

[Subway Tennis]

I still see sinner a bit too strong here, the dip he is getting on the ball seems even superior than last year, physical wise i dont know ho he Will be, but barring physical problems hes still the favourite to me, but winning this match Will give him tremendous confidence, i dont think Carlos has ever Lost a tourney when beating Djokovic, they have met mostly in finals though

One of the most amazing things about Alcaraz are those final wins against Djokovic. Sinner beat Djokovic en route to winning here last year, but beating Djokovic in a QTR final is different to beating him in a final.

 

[ForehandCross]

Only peakovic is more dangerous than possumovic.

Alkey boi needs to focus on his game and noy focus on possumovic antics.

 

[NYTennisfan]

Hmm, Novak looks fine!!! Miracle?

 

[Racquet_smash]

A break entirely out of returns lol

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Carlitos epic AF VAMOS

 

[Thundergod]

Possumovic strikes again

 

[Gazelle]

Cmon Raz crush the cheater.

 

[Hitman]

Djokovic punished for sloppy movement to the net, he should have got in faster.

0-15.

 

[Krish872007]

Alcaraz should expect Djokovic to take harder cuts at the ball from now on. Will be a slightly different tactical match

 

[Breakpointerer]

That game was similar to what Fed was doing at the start of the 2020 SF- just taking massive cuts at the ball and landing them

 

[TheSlicer]

Creatinovich has freshed up

 

[ultimathule]

Typical Alcaraz. Gets his serve broken and will most likely break right back.

 

[roysid]

It must be deja vu feeling for andy murray. He has seen it all earlier.
Only this time he is on other side

 

[Alcawrath]

Djokovic is increasing his risk level on returns so long as he doesn't have to move much. Alcaraz needs to move Djoko on his serves

 

[Zodd]

Alcaraz would be smart to throw in a few more drop shots to test him with

 

[TheSlicer]

Alcaraz should expect Djokovic to take harder cuts at the ball from now on. Will be a slightly different tactical match

The many patterns of the wolf

 

[Nappa]

Creatinovich has freshed up

Juiceovic strikes back. Disgraceful.

 

[Hitman]

That game was similar to what Fed was doing at the start of the 2020 SF- just taking massive cuts at the ball and landing them

Also like Roddick vs Nadal in Miami 2010.

 

[guga_fan]

Djokovic's movement at the moment is just atrocious, does he expect to make it to the end of the match like this?

 

[Dominic & Andrey]

Freaking Imhotep

 

[ibbi]

Yeah, you can see how aggressive he is being. Presumably, it can only work for so long. Very smartly done so far.

 

[Hitman]

Djokosmash...

 

[FeroBango]

So what is the problem for you? That he should have waited for the set to be done or you think his intention was to get broken just to take an MTO and ''hopefully'' disrupt alcaraz just to break back?

I don't have a problem. Novak's opponents have had a history of having problems against his playing possum.

It's okay, he's the goat of tennis and gamesmanship.

 

[Oval_Solid]

lol smash

 

[gold soundz]

why the hell does djokovic not play aggressive all of/most of the time?

 

[clayqueen]

The match is not living up to the hype.

 

[TennisTurkey]

……..

 

[NYTennisfan]

Djokosmash from distance

 

[Racquet_smash]

Djokosmash is back

 

[Zodd]

Whenever a shot is missed it hurts

 

[Hitman]

Deuce.

 

[Pheasant]

Insane defense by Carlitos. Deuce.

 

[Krish872007]

Live by the sword, die by the sword

 

[MeatTornado]

So many moonballs in this match already

 

[Move]

The match is not living up to the hype.

Indeed. Not yet ...

 

[TheSlicer]

Great deffense, high ball let you recover the court, he used to do super fast shots on the deffense, that mostly made him lose time and be defeated in the open court

 

[Hitman]

Djokovic is playing this match right now like he has at Wimbledon, and Alcaraz is playing it like he is at RG.

3-0

 

[Zodd]

Live by the sword, die by the sword

Live by the MTO, die by the MTO

 

[McGradey]

Jelena wears her sunglasses at night

 

[ForehandCross]

I did not have possumovic of 2013-15 sighting of Australia be repeated in big 2025.

Maybe Murray impact

 

[Subway Tennis]

Novak is ramping up the forehand big time.

Anything even slightly short is getting frozen-roped at 170kph into the baseline corners or angled off court with an insanely low margin for error.

 

[ibbi]

why the hell does djokovic not play aggressive all of/most of the time?

I would guess because it's not his natural game/how he is most comfortable, and most of the time he doesn't need to. He's not a low-percentage player.

 

[TennisTurkey]

Raz needs to up his aggression too

 

[tudwell]

Alcaraz is way too passive from the baseline right now. Hoping Djokovic will miss rather than trying to make him miss.

 

[weakera]

Joining late but why does Djokovic only wince after his ball hits the net? Wouldn't it make more sense if he winced sooner, and not after he waited to see where the ball will travel, and only on errors?

 

[Zodd]

So many moonballs in this match already

Alcaraz channeling his inner Sanchez-Vicario

 

[marc45]

bleepin' amazing...does this story ever end?