The much-anticipated 2025 Australian Open 1/4 finals, Alcaraz VS Djokovic, will kick off at 5:30 p.m. today. One is the only 24-time Grand Slam champion and 37-year-old Serbian champion among the Big Three who have dominated men's tennis for 20 years, and the other is the 21-year-old Spanish all-round fighter Alcaraz, who has won the most Grand Slam titles since the Big Three.

Such a blockbuster matchup, as early as the 2025 Australian Open men's singles draw table was released, was eagerly awaited by hundreds of millions of fans, and now the two meet as promised. Such an immortal opponent, such a peak battle, is it exciting, I am really looking forward to it!

Alcaraz has faced Djokovic seven times so far in his career, with three wins and four losses, and is slightly inferior. However, Alcaraz's two Wimbledon trophies came true after a direct victory over seven-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon finals in 2023 and 2024.

The most recent meeting between the two came in the men's singles final at Paris 2024, where Djokovic beat Alcaraz in a thrilling two-set tie-break to unexpectedly capture the only missing Olympic gold medal in the Golden Slam puzzle of his career, and achieved the men's tennis Golden Slam feat, alongside American tennis legend Agassi and Spanish champion Rafael Nadal.

Looking ahead to the quarter-finals of the 2025 Australian Open for the eighth time in their careers, Alcaraz said: "Djokovic has dominated tennis for a long time, with 24 Grand Slam titles and a record of great success. He plays with very few weaknesses, if not almost no weaknesses. But either way, I think every player has their weaknesses, and those weaknesses don't change because the playing field is constantly changing between hard, clay, and grass. I've played Djokovic three times on clay (one win and two losses), twice on grass (two wins) and two on hard courts (two defeats), so I know where to play him and what I need to do. The 2025 Australian Open quarter-finals, the first time the two of us have faced each other in a hard-court Grand Slam, let's see what happens then. ”

Djokovic was equally cautious about the showdown: "Alcaraz is an incredible talent, very creative. It's a great thing to play with him, and it's a great thing to even watch him play. The two of us have faced each other seven times, and apart from two matches that seemed a bit one-sided (the semi-finals of the ATP Turin 2023 and the Wimbledon 2024 final), most of our matches were very intense and very close. The quarter-finals of the 2025 Australian Open will undoubtedly be a big battle, and I'm excited about the challenge. Because both of us are in good form at the moment, both are playing well. Moreover, every time I play against Alcaraz, I can't help but think of those wonderful battles between me and my lifelong rival Nadal, how intense and what kind of physical exertion? ”

Alcaraz VS Djokovic, two generations of heavenly pride, equally talented, such a fairy opponent, such a peak battle, think about it makes people's blood run high, and it is even more refreshing to watch!

(Source: Tennis Home Author: Colorful Bean Powder)