Australian Open: Novak Djokovic withdraws, Alexander Zverev in final
Australian Open: Novak Djokovic withdraws, Alexander Zverev in final
It lasted just one set in the first Australian Open semifinal between Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev. The Serbian tennis player, after losing the first partial set in a tie-break, decided to withdraw due to a recurrence of the leg problem he already suffered during the match against Carlos Alcaraz.
The match è was very balanced and hard-fought from the first bars, with both players having more than one chance to find the break. In the end, the match è slipped to the tie-break, in which the two rivals were point-to-point until the closing stages, where Djokovic misses a comfortable forehand volley giving the first partial to Zverev with a score of 7-5.
At that point, the Belgrade native can no longer bear the pain in his leg and decides to withdraw as a precautionary measure, leaving the court amidst the amazement and booing of the audience, after one hour and twenty-one minutes of play.
In his first career final at the Australian Open, Alexander Zverev will face the winner of the second semifinal between Jannik Sinner and Ben Shelton.
