Carlos Alcaraz will have to wait for another year to chase a Career Grand Slam in Melbourne. The 21-year-old suffered the Australian Open quarter-final loss to Novak Djokovic at Rod Laver Arena. Thus,

MELBOURNE, Australia -- It's time for the eighth installment of the riveting, intergenerational rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. This one, though, will be the first at the Australian Open — and the first in the quarterfinals of a tournament; each of the others came in either a semifinal or final.

Novak Djokovic overcame injury and losing the opening set in a brilliant victory over Carlos Alcaraz, in the quarterfinals of the 2025 Australian Open. Djokovic, who is chasing a record-extending 11th Australian Open title, fought back to win 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 against his 21-year-old opponent.

MELBOURNE, Australia — One of them has operated with ruthless efficiency; the other has brought the drama. But Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have played their roles against type en route to their hotly anticipated Australian Open quarterfinal, which will be played on Tuesday, January 21 in Melbourne.

MELBOURNE - Carlos Alcaraz dropped a set before muscling his way into the Australian Open last 16 on Jan 17 and edge closer to becoming the youngest man in history to complete a career Grand Slam. The 21-year-old third seed was a class above Nuno Borges ...

Novak Djokovic has come back to defeat Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the Australian Open semifinals for the 12th time.

Carlos Alcaraz gets tattoos to celebrate Grand Slam titles, so he plans to get ink of a kangaroo if he can win the Australian Open to complete a full collection from the four most prestigious events in tennis.

Alcaraz broke in the fifth game of the third set and held at 5-4 to move over the top. The Spaniard had to work harder against Nuno Borges. He beat the Portuguese 6-2, 6-4, 6-7, 6-2 in just uncer three hours.

If Djokovic recovers and plays without issues, it should be a cracking duel between two great friends. The Serb fought well against the Spaniard in the quarter-final when he restored his movement. Alcaraz lost his focus and sprayed too many errors to send the legend through.

Djokovic has beaten Alcaraz four times in seven overall meetings, including a victory in the final at the Paris Olympics last August

Alcaraz's fourth-round opponent will be either 15th-seeded Jack Draper of Great Britain or Aleksandar Vukic of Australia. The latter two were set to face off later on Friday.

The current world No.3 resumed practice in Spain earlier this week and will play the Rotterdam ATP 500 for the first time in his career from February 3-9. Carlitos became the top seed in the Netherlands after the forfeit of Sinner, who will not defend the title won in 2024 wanting to recover his energy after his amazing run in Australia.