Alcaraz vs Djokovic: Australian Open 2024 – Live Updates

Djokovic wins his service game and returns to 2-3 in the second set.

The Serb goes up on the volley and releases an impeccable drop shot, leaving Carlos Alcaraz helpless. 30-0.

The Spaniard confirms his break by saving a break point. He now leads 3-1 in the second set.

The Serb directly offers himself a break point on the Spaniard’s serve (30-40).

The Spaniard offers himself two break points on Djokovic’s serve.

White game for Acaraz which returns to 1-1.

On his serve, the Spaniard walks Djokovic with powerful forehands to lead 40-0.

The Serbian concludes his service game with a magnificent drop shot that Alcaraz was unable to return to the court.

Alcaraz catches Djokovic on his service game. 40-40 between the two players.

Alcaraz wins two consecutive points on Djokovic’s serve to lead 0-30.

The Serb leads 15-40 and offers himself two set points on the Spaniard’s serve.

The Serbian plays right then left then right and makes the Spaniard run, pushing him to make a mistake. 15-30 for Djoko.

The second ace of the match for the Spaniard who deceives Djokovic by serving well off-center on the right.

The Serb now leads 5/2 in this first round.

The Serbian releases a superb drop shot to deceive Alcaraz and lead 40-0 on serve.

Trailing 0-30 on his service game, the Spaniard came back well and won the next 4 points to move to 2/4.

Djokovic makes life difficult for Alcaraz and leads 30-0 on the Spaniard’s service game.

The Serb wins his service game to now lead 4/1 in the first set.

The Serb makes an ace to return to 15-15 on his service game.

Djokovic reads his opponent’s serve well.

Under pressure, the Spaniard erases the Serbian’s first break opportunity with a superb forehand drop shot.

The Spaniard cracks with a forehand and the Serb offers himself a first break point.

Game perfectly led by the Serbian who with a backhand winner along the line confirms his good dispositions.

the shock starts strong without an observation round. The winning points keep coming. The Spaniard equalizes.

Very solid on serve, the Serbian won the first game without trembling.

The two finalists are 15 years apart and 38 days apart. Something new.

The Serb won the first point of the match pushing the Spaniard to make a forehand error.

Before the start of the tournament, few observers predicted a final victory for the Serb. The situation has changed since his exploit against Sinner. Alcaraz must be wary of Djokovic who, for one of the first times in his career, takes on the challenger costume in Melbourne, his favorite playground where he has already won ten times… in ten finals. A choice observer has decided. And not just any one. Rafael Nadal, winner of 22 Grand Slam tournaments including 2 Australian Opens, who retired in 2024, delivered his prediction: “I think the favorite is Carlos, Nadal told Channel Nine on Saturday. He’s young, he has energy and he’s at the top of his game. But Novak remains Novak. He is a truly unique player. Novak has never lost a final here. It’s always a challenge, and he likes a challenge. (More) For me, the favorite is Carlos.” Answer this Sunday.

“Carlitos” is slightly led by his opponent of the day, whom he faced nine times for four victories and five defeats. The Spaniard won the first match against Novak Djokovic (a match won 7-5 in the tie-break of 3^e set in the semi-finals in Madrid in 2022). In major events, the Serbian deprived his heir of an Olympic title in Paris in 2024. For his part, Djokovic was deprived by Alcaraz of a 25^e coronation in a Major, already twice at Wimbledon in 2023 and 2024 and in the semi-final at the US Open in 2025. However diminished by pain in the left thigh which forced him to retire in the last four, the stainless Djokovic had defeated the prodigy, in Melbourne last season in the quarters (4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4).

Before his feat and his victory in five sets in 4 hours 07 against the double title holder Jannik Sinner (3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4), Djokovic was lucky, preserving his physical capital. He thus benefited from the withdrawal of Jakub Mensik before the 8th and the unfortunate abandonment of Lorenzo Musetti who led two sets to zero against him in the quarters. But the feat against Sinner could weigh on the legs of the 38-year-old GOAT. “We have to see how we both recover physically because he also had a big match. But he is 15-16 years younger than me. From a biological point of view, it will be a little easier for him to recover.estimated the Serb.

Novak Djokovic, the living legend of 38 years and 255 days, has only one match to win to realize his crazy dream of winning a 25th Grand Slam title, which would make him the absolute record holder for the number of Major titles, men and women combined. One certainty: the Serbian, who is the oldest player finalist in a Grand Slam, is playing his 38th final in a Major this Sunday, his 11th in Melbourne.