The Serbian
Novak Djokovic
, world number one and main favorite, was not intimidated by the intense heat of Melbourne and beat the American
Taylor Fritz to reach the semifinals of the
Australian Open
for the eleventh time
.
It was a victory for Nole by
7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3
, in three hours and 44 minutes, to become the first semi-finalist of the 2024 Australian Open. A fact that excites the favorite: Every time he reached the semi-finals in Australia he won the title.
His rival will be known after the conclusion of the clash between the Italian
Jannik Sinner
(3rd) and the Russian
Andrey Rublev
(5th), in the last scheduled shift of the night on the Rod Laver Arena center court.
With the pass to the semi-finals, the one from Belgrade equaled the local Jack Crawford, in a classification led by the Swiss Roger Federer with 15 appearances in the instance of the best four.
Two days ago he had equaled the Swiss in the number of times he managed to reach the Grand Slam quarterfinals, with 58.
News in development.