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2025 Australian Open Day 10: Djokovic wins the "Chicken and Duck War", Sabalenka missed the opportunity to meet Gauff

On January 21, Beijing time, the 2025 Australian Open tennis tournament ended on the tenth day of competition, and the semi-finals of the men's singles lower half and the women's singles upper half were produced. Men's and women's singles No. 3 seeds Alcaraz and Gauff are both out,Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka won 19 consecutive Australian Open wins to reach the semi-finals, while Spain's Bardosa returned to his peak form and eliminated Gauff in straight sets. 10-time champion Novak Djokovic defeated Alcaraz in four sets to win just two wins from 25 Grand Slam titles and will face second seed Zverev for the right to the final.



Djokovic



Alcaraz



Since the Men's Singles draw was announced, the potential quarter-finals between Djokovic and Alcaraz have been the most anticipated matchup of the tournament, and the match has lived up to expectations. This is the first time the two sides have met in a hard-court Grand Slam and the first time the two have met early in the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam. Djokovic overcame the disadvantage of dropping a set and straining his left leg to defeat Alcaraz 4-6/6-4/6-3/6-4 to reach the semifinals of the Australian Open for the 12th time and the semifinals of a Grand Slam for the 50th time.shattered the Spaniard's dream of completing the "Grand Slam" at this Australian Open.

Zverev

Djokovic's semi-final opponent will be No.2 seed Zverev, who beat No.12 seed Paul 7-6(1)/7-6(0)/2-6/6-1 to reach the Australian Open semifinals for the second year in a row.He reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the ninth time in his career。 The German star saved the first two sets on his opponent's serve and saved set points before winning in a tie-break. The semi-final between Djokovic and Zverev will be played on Friday, meaning both players have two days off.

Sabalenka

Defending champion Sabalenka faced 27th seed Pavlyuchenkova in the night court and won a hard-fought 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 victory in one hour and 53 minutes for her first time in Melbourne since the 2023 Australian Open final. With the victory, Sabalenka became the first woman since Hingis to win 19 consecutive Australian Opens. Belarus has reached at least the semi-finals of each of her last six hard-court Grand Slams, the last of which was Serena Williams (US Open 2014 to Australian Open 2017).



Badosa



Gauff



In the top half of the Women's Singles, the two favourites failed to meet in the semi-finals, with third seed Gauff being upset 5-7, 4-6 by 11th seed Badosa to miss out on the Women's Singles semi-finals, ending an 11-match winning streak in singles on New Year's Eve. Badosa picked up her first Top 10 win at a Grand Slam and reached the semi-finals of a Grand Slam for the first time. Sabalenka and Badosa will meet for the eighth time between the two, with Sabalenka holding the upper hand with 5 wins and 2 losses.



Zhang Shuai/Popana



Zhang Shuai, who celebrates her 36th birthday today, unfortunately stopped in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles, and although she and veteran Popana won the match point in the 11th time, they eventually lost to the local wild card pair Gadeji/Pierce 6-2, 4-6, 9-11.



Results of the 10th day of the 2025 Australian Open

2025 Australian Open singles draw table update



The 2025 Australian Open is wonderful, witnessed with the Australian Open partner Luzhou Laojiao and Guojiao 1573!

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