Novak Djokovic suffers against Jannik Sinner in the semifinals of the first “Grande” of the year

The first semi-final Australian Open It is the one that the Serbian disputes Novak Djokovic (1) with the young Italian Jannik Sinner (4), while the second semifinal will face the Russian Daniil Medvedev (3) with the German Alexander Zverev (6).

One more year, the 36-year-old Balkan reaches the prelude to the final as the main candidate for the crown, first of all because of his love affair with the slopes of Melbourne Park, where he won the title on ten occasionsas well as for having recovered good feelings in his last two matches, against the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino and the American Taylor Fritz (13).

However, the 24 major champion did not start his confrontation against Sinner well at all, who He won the first two sets comfortably 6-1 and 6-2. The third set went to the Serbian, who fought until the end and won the tie break.

The match began this Friday at 0:30 (Argentina time) and is played at the Rod Laver Arena. It can be seen through ESPN and Star+.

For his part, the Italian finished the season in the best possible way, lifting the Davis Cup title with Italy after beating Djokovic in the semifinalsand has become the only tennis player in the Australian Open who has not lost a set since the competition started.

The Serbian has a favorable head-to-head against the transalpine (4-2), although Sinner took two of the last three battles.

Djokovic could match the local team Ken Rosewall as the tennis player with the most appearances in a Grand Slam final, after turning 35. She could also tie the American Serena Williams with 367 victories in competition slamand approach the player with the highest number of wins, the Swiss Roger Federer, who has 369.

On the other side of the four, Medvedev and Zverev They will face each other for the first time in competition ‘major’despite the fact that they saw each other 18 times.

The Russian has a favorable head-to-head 11-7 and lately he was infallible against the German, after winning five of the six matches they had during 2023.

Both tennis players will need a great serve and risk more than necessary to avoid putting a strain on a physique damaged by the two five-set matches that each had in previous rounds.

The Muscovite scored the victory in the final round against the Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori and the Polish Hubert Hurkacz (9), while the German did the same against the Slovakian Lukas Klein and the British Cameron Norrie (19).

Medvedev could get the ticket for what would be his third final at the Australian Open and Zverev could become the third German, behind his compatriots Boris Becker and Rainer Schuettler, to reach the final on the banks of the Yarra River.

The second men’s semifinal is scheduled for this Friday at 05:30 (Argentina time).