Djokovic defeats Alcaraz to reach Australian Open semifinals

Serbia's Novak Djokovic defeated four-time Major champion Carlos Alcaraz of Spain in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The meeting was held on January 21 in Melbourne.

It ended with the score 4:6, 6:4, 6:3, 6:4 in favor of the Serb. The match lasted 3 hours and 37 minutes.

Djokovic is a 10-time winner of the Australian Open, no other tennis player has won this tournament so many times.

Novak Djokovic will play against German Alexander Zverev, the second racket of the world, to reach the final.

Also on this day, Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova lost to Belarusian and world number one Arina Sobolenko in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. Next, Sobolenko will play against Spain's Paula Badosa in a match to reach the final of the tournament.