Good morning and thank you for joining us in the first semi-final of the men’s draw at the Australian Open. The Rod Laver Arena prepares to receive Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner. The world number 1, who seeks to retain the title in Melbourne and reach the 25th grand slam, faces the Italian who has shown great solidity in his game during these two weeks.
Sinner arrives at the event without having given up a set in this Australian Open and without playing a tie-break in the 15 sets of his victories before Botic van de Zandschulp (6-4, 7-5 and 6-3), Jesper de Jong (6-2, 6-2 and 6-2), Sebastián Báez (6-0, 6-1 and 6-3), Karen Khachanov (6-4, 7-5 and 6-3) and Andrey Rublev (6-4, 7-6 and 6-3). For its part, Djokovic has left three sets in his victories against Dino Prizmic (6-2, 6-7, 6-3 and 6-4); Alexei Popyrin (6-3, 4-6, 7-6 and 6-3), Tomás Martín Etcheverry (6-3, 6-3 and 7-6), Adrian Mannarino (6-0, 6-0 and 6- 3) and Taylor Fritz (7-6, 4-6, 6-2 and 6-3).
Djokovic and Sinner have met six times with four victories for the Serbian. Of course, the Italian won two of the last three: in the round robin of the ATP FINales in Turin (later Djokovic would retaliate in the final) and in the semifinals of the Davis Cup in Malaga. He first duel was in Monte Carlo in 2021 with a 6-4 and 6-2 in favor of ‘Nole’ who also won both matches at Wimbledon in 2022 and 2023.
2024-01-26 04:02:29
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