Don't be too quick to write off the 36-year-old from Serbia this time, either, as he essentially told the world himself after bowing out 6-1 6-2 6-7(6) 6-3 against Sinner on Friday
Sabalenka is the first woman since Victoria Azarenka in 2012 and '13 to win back-to-back Australian Open titles, and the fifth since 2000 to win the championship here without dropping a set
Daniil Medvedev rallied from two sets down to beat Alexander Zverev after midnight to secure the other place in the final
Djokovic didn't get a look at a breakpoint during a 6-1, 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-3 loss to Jannik Sinner on Friday that ended the 10-time Australian Open champion's unbeaten streak after making the final four
Italy's Jannik Sinner won the first semifinal of the year's first Grand Slam 6- 1, 6- 2, 6-7, 6-4.
She will meet Zheng Qinwen or Dayana Yastremska in Saturday's championship decider. Zheng and No. 93-ranked Yastremska were playing their first-ever Grand Slam semi-final
Bopanna has reached the US Open final twice (2013, 2023) but a Major trophy has eluded him in his career.
The sixth-seeded Zverev was up a break in the third set and missed a chance to serve it out, but he didn't blink in the fourth, finishing off a 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4 victory over Carlos Alcaraz
Australian Open 2024 SF schedule: Men's singles - Djokovic vs Sinner & Medvedev vs Zverev. Women's singles - Sabalenka vs Gauff and DayanaYastremska vs Zheng; Bopana will be in action in men's doubles
Djokovic is the leading Grand Slam winner in the Open Era of tennis. He also has the chance of winning the most Grand Slam titles across eras
Rajeev Ram of the USA was the oldest player to be ranked world no. 1 when he had achieve the top ranking in October 2022 at the age of 38 for the first time in his career.
Novak Djokovic held off Taylor Fritz 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in 3 3/4 hours to reach the Australian Open semi-finals for the 11th time on Tuesday.
The 20-year-old Wimbledon champion missed the season-opening major in 2023 because of injury but is more than making up for lost time
Medvedev beat Nuno Borges 6-3 7-6(4) 5-7 6-1 on Monday to reach the last eight. He'll play either No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz or French wild-card entry Arthur Cazaux.
The Indo-Australian pair will now meet the sixth-seeded Argentine duo of Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni
The pair did not shake hands as is the convention for Ukrainian players against opponents from Russia or Belarus but Tsurenko congratulated Sabalenka verbally.
When Blinkova lunged to retrieve a backhand, aiming just to keep the rally alive, and Rybakina's next backhand sailed wide, it finished off a 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (20) second-round victory
The second-round contest lasted two hours and 50 minutes, and it was clear that Nagal had run out of steam in the fourth set.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek rallied from 4-1 down in the third set to escape with a narrow 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 win over 2022 runner-up Collins on Thursday and advance to the third round of the Australian Open.
Ons Jabeur, the three-time Grand Slam runner-up probably didn't see what was coming her way at the Australian Open