Tennis: Novak Djokovic has been forced to exit the court for treatment following what appeared to be a left groin Injury against Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open.
Djokovic leaves court amid injury scare | 00:42The rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz is now the greatest show in tennis and fans of the sport must be pinching themselves that the legend has hung around long enough to engage in another great conquest against a champion.
“Carlos brings so much energy and intensity on the court. He always demands the best of his opponent in order to ... have a chance to win against him. I knew that coming into the match. I thought I started off very well. It was quite even match. But it was a ripper with twists and turns and one that kept fans on the edge of their seats at Melbourne Park until the early hours on Wednesday. Djokovic’s ability to pressure Alcaraz’s second serve, while serving brilliantly himself, ultimately proved the difference.
“I’m just lucky to live this experience. I’m 21 years old. From these matches, I’m getting so much experience about how to deal with everything. It is now four months since de Minaur’s compatriot Chris O’Connell faced Jannik Sinner on the world’s biggest tennis court by capacity, Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York.
Sinner had the unique quality, at least in the assessment of the Australian No.70, of returning shots under immense pressure in a rally with a venom that seemed impossible. When it comes to the forehand speed of Sinner, who recorded the first of his nine triumphs over de Minaur in the decider of the Next Gen Finals in 2019, not much has changed.
Darren Cahill, who joined the Sinner camp in late 2022 and has seen him blossom into becoming the fourth world No.1 he has coached, described the weapon last January after the Italian broke through for a maiden major triumph in Melbourne.Sinner downs Rune despite illness scare | 01:31 “And obviously he swings so hard that it just has that different sound and he hits the ball clean the whole time. In terms of the actual results, it’s just a huge shot.”
In his first round against Botic van de Zandschulp, who upset Carlos Alcaraz in the US Open last year, he landed his first serve 63 percent of the time and won 81 percent of the points. “I think last couple of matches, those serves just decided to go away on a little vacay kind of deserted me for a little while. I think these numbers are not something that I want day in and day out,” the No.8 seed said.
Rune, in particular, enjoyed success when pressing Sinner on his second serve, either going for outright winners or trying to follow deep returns into the net. But having survived a scare against a rival who led their head-to-head leading into the match 6-2 2-6 6-3, the Belurusian is daring to dream as she moves to within a couple of wins of joining the greats to win three Australian Opens in succession.
“To be next to those names, wow, that’s just a dream. Of course, it always been in the back of my mind that I can do that. But you know, my main focus is ... step by step. From the vantage point of one of the broadcast boxes that sits level with the court, this reporter watched Zverev get put through his paces by older brother Mischa and his father Alexander Zverev Snr, both of whom are former professionals.
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