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Australian Open today's matches: Djokovic, Sabalenka to feature in Round 3

Aryna Sabalenka will also in action as she continues her title defense against Denmark's C. Tauson in the thrid round encounter.

Australian Open today's matches: Djokovic, Alcaraz in action in round 2

Round two of men's and women's singles events will commence on Wednesday

Australian Open 2025 Day 2 Highlights: Tsitsipas, Kyrgios stunned in R1

Defending champion Jannik Sinner, seventh-seeded Novak Djokovic, and Spain's Carlos Alcaraz through to round 2

Australian Open 2025 HIGHLIGHTS: Djokovic wins 4-set tie against Basavareddy to start campaign

This year's Australian Open holds special significance for Djokovic, as whispers of retirement have started to grow. It could be his final appearance at a venue where he has enjoyed so much success.

Australian Open today's matches: Djokovic's match starts at 1:30 PM IST

World number one and defending champion in the men's singles event, Jannik Sinner, will be in action on Monday

Australian Open: 'Big 3' lone warrior Novak Djokovic ready to battle again

The 2025 Australian Open, which kicked off on Sunday, marks the first major since Nadal's final match at the Davis Cup in November.

Australian Open 2025 schedule, draw and key stats you need to know

The final of the Australian Open will be played at the Rod Laver Arena on January 26th.

Novak Djokovic opens up about 'trauma' tied to Australia deportation

Novak Djokovic said he still feels a bit of trauma when he travels to Australia, stemming from his deportation in 2022 because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19. The last couple of times that I landed in Australia, to go through passport control and immigration, I had a bit of trauma from three years ago," Djokovic said in an interview with Melbourne's Herald Sun newspaper published Monday, ahead of the Australian Open. And some traces still stay there when I'm passing passport control, just checking out if someone from immigration zone is approaching. Djokovic, who has won 10 of his 24 Grand Slam championships at Melbourne Park, continued: The person checking my passport are they going to take me, detain me again or let me go? I must admit I have that feeling. Back in 2022, Djokovic sought, and initially obtained, an exemption that would allow him into the Australian Open and the country even though there were strict rules requiring shots to protect against the coronavirus.

Novak Djokovic's achievements overshadowed in debate over tennis' GOAT

The unanswerable question, of course, is whether Djokovic is the GOAT. That's a complex issue over which fans will forever bicker

From T20 WC triumph to Gukesh making history: Key events in sports in 2024

Trailblazing comebacks and teary goodbyes marked an eventful year

Djokovic explains hiring Murray as coach: "He knows me very well"

Hiring Andy Murray as his coach came naturally for Novak Djokovic. On a trip to Argentina to play in a farewell match for Juan Martn del Potro, the Serbian explained why he chose his former rival after being without a coach for six months. Murray and Djokovic announced last week they plan to work together for the Australian Open in January. Since I was very young, I have played against him and there are not many people who have won multiple Grand Slam titles, said Djokovic in Spanish in a press conference before the match against Del Potro. Djokovic is a 24-time Grand Slam champion who has spent more weeks at No. 1 than any other player in tennis history. Murray won three major trophies and two Olympic singles gold medals and finished 2016 atop the ATP rankings. He ended his playing career after the Paris Olympics in August. Both men are 37 and were born a week apart in May 1987. They started facing each other as juniors and wound up meeting 36 times as professionals, with Djokovic

Sinner and Alcaraz headline the ATP Finals with Novak Djokovic out

Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are poised to add another entry into their rapidly developing rivalry when the ATP Finals open Sunday without any members of the Big Three for the first time in nearly a quarter century. The top-ranked Sinner and No. 3 Alcaraz evenly split the year's Grand Slam titles between them with two apiece and it would be fitting if the pair meet again in Turin. And since Alcaraz was overtaken by Alexander Zverev in the rankings this week, the Spaniard could be placed in the same round-robin group as Sinner. The draw for the eight-man event is scheduled for later Thursday. After the round-robin stage, the top two finishers in each group advance to the semifinals. The other qualifiers are: Zverev, Daniil Medvedev, Taylor Fritz, Casper Ruud, Alex de Minaur and Andrey Rublev. The big name missing is that of defending champion Novak Djokovic, who withdrew on Tuesday due to an unspecified injury. 23 years since Djokovic, Federer and Nadal missed the finalsNot s

Sinner beat Alcaraz for Six Kings title after Djokovic edges out Nadal

Jannik Sinner beat Carlos Alcaraz 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3 for the championship in the Six Kings Slam exhibition Saturday after Novak Djokovic topped Rafael Nadal 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the third-place match. While Sinner and Alcaraz probably have plenty of future matchups in store, Djokovic and Nadal may have been playing for the final time in one of tennis' great rivalries. Djokovic won the match between rivals who have combined for 46 Grand Slam singles titles. Nadal, who won 22 Slam titles, is planning to retire after playing for Spain next month in the Davis Cup. They shared a warm embrace at the net after Djokovic's victory. He also beat Nadal in the Olympics and had a 31-29 lead in their head-to-head. The last dance was an epic one, Djokovic wrote on social media. And of course emotional. I'll cherish our rivalry forever, (at)rafaelnadal. Tennis will miss you. Sinner then emerged with a victory over Alcaraz in a matchup between the winners of all four major titles this season. The top-ra

Shanghai Masters 2024: Novak Djokovic to face Jannik Sinner in the finals

Novak Djokovic overcame physical discomfort to beat Taylor Fritz 6-4 7-6 (6) and move closer to a 100th career title and a record-extending fifth at the Shanghai Masters. By also reaching the final on Saturday night, top-ranked Jannik Sinner ensured he will be the ATP year-end No. 1 and the first Italian to achieve that feat. "(I've won) many titles, had great battles and great performances," the 37-year-old Djokovic said. "I did come here definitely with a vision and a desire to get to the final and fight for a 100th title. I get that chance against the best player in the world, and let's see what happens." Fellow great Roger Federer has 103 titles and Jimmy Connors leads men with 109 in the Open era. Top-ranked Jannik Sinner will chase his seventh ATP title of the year after beating Tomas Machac 6-4 7-5. Djokovic improved to 10-0 in career matches against Fritz, who blew a 5-3 lead in the second-set tiebreaker and a set point at 6-5 up. Djokovic was clearly struggling for mobi

2024: The rare year of no silverware for the Big Four of tennis in 20 years

The quartet of Djokovic, Nadal, Federer, and Murray are popularly known as the Big Four of tennis.

US Open 2024: Who is Alexei Popyrin, the man who beat Novak Djokovic?

Popyrin defeated Djokovic in a four-set marathon on Saturday

Olympics 2024: Djokovic wins gold, beats Alcaraz in men's singles Tennis

Novak Djokovic won his first Olympic gold medal by beating Carlos Alcaraz 7-6 (3), 7-6 (2) in an enthralling men's tennis singles final Sunday, giving the 37-year-old from Serbia the last significant accomplishment missing from his glittering resume. Djokovic's impressive career already featured a men's-record 24 Grand Slam titles and the most weeks spent at No. 1 in the rankings by any man or woman. It also already contained a Summer Olympics medal, from 2008, but it was a bronze and he has made clear that simply was not sufficient. Until he got past bronze medalist Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in the semifinals Friday, Djokovic was 0-3 in that round at the Games. He lost to the eventual gold winner each time: Rafael Nadal at Beijing in 2008, Andy Murray at London in 2012, and Alexander Zverev in Tokyo three years ago. In Paris, wearing a gray sleeve over the right knee that required surgery for a torn meniscus two months ago, Djokovic faced Nadal in the second round and eliminated hi

Djokovic wins Gold medal: Full list of players with career Golden Slam

Novak Djokovic became only the fifth player in the history of Tennis to complete a Golden career slam after he defeated Carlos Alcaraz in the men's singles final at Paris Olympics 2024 on August 4.

Djokovic enters Paris Olympics quarterfinals; eyes his first gold medal

Novak Djokovic needed a bit of time to assert himself Wednesday at the Paris Olympics before taking control with a five-game run for a 7-5, 6-3 victory over Dominik Koepfer of Germany, reaching the Summer Games singles quarterfinals for the fourth time. A gold medal is pretty much the only accomplishment of significance missing from the resume of Djokovic, a 37-year-old from Serbia who has won a record 24 Grand Slam titles and spent more weeks at No. 1 than anyone in the history of the computerized tennis rankings. That is why Djokovic, the top-seeded man in Paris, has proclaimed success at these Olympics his priority for the year. His one medal so far was a bronze in 2008 in Beijing. This time, tennis matches are being played at Roland Garros, the facility that hosts the French Open, which Djokovic has won three times. One of his triumphs in a final at Court Philippe Chatrier came in 2021 against Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Greek who will be Djokovic's opponent on Thursday. Tsitsipas

Paris 2024: Nadal wins in Olympic singles, to face Djokovic in 2nd round

Rafael Nadal made a last-minute decision to play singles at the Paris Olympics on Sunday and won his first-round match against Marton Fucsovics 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 to set up a blockbuster showdown against rival Novak Djokovic. Nadal was greeted by a standing ovation from spectators, many of whom used cameras on their phones to capture the moment when he strode into Court Philippe Chatrier the same stadium where he has captured his record 14 French Open titles. There is a statue of Nadal outside the arena, and fans gathered around the steel structure Sunday morning, when it was still unclear whether he would be competing later. Not only did the 38-year-old Spaniard play, but for stretches, particularly in the early going and in crunch time down the stretch, he played very much like a version of himself everyone is used to seeing: the sprinting, sliding, grunting star who owns 22 Grand Slam trophies in all and won Olympic gold medals for Spain in singles in 2008 and doubles in 2016. And t