Anthony Davis recorded 29 points, 16 rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots to help the Los Angeles Lakers post a 111-88 victory over the visiting Washington Wizards on Tuesday night.
The 24-time Grand Slam winner will take in 21-year-old Spaniard for the first time after Paris Olympics 2024. The Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz match starts at 2:40 PM IST.
33-year-old Pavlyuchenkova did well to reach the QFs of the Australian Open this year and equalized with Sabalenka at the end of the second set. However, she was unable to upset the Belarusian, who is eyeing a hattrick of AO title wins this year.
Alcaraz, meanwhile, is attempting to become the youngest man in the history of the sport to complete a career Grand Slam. The 21-year-old won the US Open in 2022, Wimbledon in 2023 and 2024 and the French Open in 2024. But he has never reached the final four in Melbourne.
The Australian Open stages the match of the tournament so far as two of the sport’s biggest stars meet in the quarter-final
I saw Carlos was hesitant a little bit…so I started to take my chances,” said the 37-year-old after his four-set quarterfinal victory.
A vintage Novak Djokovic tamed Carlos Alcaraz in a late-night blockbuster to set up anAustralianOpensemi-final with Alexander Zverev as two-time women's defending champion Aryna Sabalenka fought on.
Coco Gauff's dreams of a first Australian Open title were crushed in the quarter-finals by Paula Badosa before Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz face off in a duel for the ages on Tuesday.
While Djokovic felled a major obstacle in his path on Day 10, it was a bad one Americans at the Australian Open. Five Americans overall made it to the quarterfinals, but the highest-seeded woman and man both lost on Tuesday.
Follow live text and radio commentary featuring Aryna Sabalenka, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic from the Australian Open quarter-finals.
Later, the night session will bring the most anticipated clash of the tournament as Novak Djokovic faces Carlos Alcaraz. Djokovic, a 10-time Australian Open champion, seeks to outclass Alcaraz, the world number three,