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Novak Djokovic has already achieved a aim he set himself on the eve of the Australian Open 2024. Carlos Alcaraz’s elimination in opposition to Alexander Zverev was undoubtedly the shock of the quarter-finals on the Australian Open, however it allowed the Serbian star to take care of a vital milestone for him.
Everybody anticipated to see the Spanish champion as Daniil Medvedev’s subsequent opponent within the semi-final, however a efficiency properly under his potential and a super-Zverev denied him entry to the highest 4.
A defeat which, as talked about a couple of traces above, not directly impacts all of his opponents, however one specifically: Djokovic. The rationale, as can simply be understood, considerations the ATP rating, which shall be in favor of the Serb, no matter how the semi-final match with Jannik Sinner goes.
After an intense combat for the throne of males’s tennis with Carlos final 12 months, Djokovic solely managed to grab the ATP No.1 sport within the ultimate levels of the season.
At first of 2024, shedding the factors from final 12 months’s victory in Melbourne, the possibilities of Alcaraz overtaking him grew to become way more concrete, however the elimination from the Completely happy Slams modified the state of affairs once more.
Novak Djokovic will shut the Australian Open as ATP No.1
“I will not have any benefit. We now have two days of restoration”
Nole, within the convention after beating Fritz, does not suppose he was given any consideration for enjoying a couple of hours earlier than his subsequent challenger, Sinner.
“We now have two days and I feel it isn’t an enormous benefit. We are going to play the semi-finals on Friday, there’s on a regular basis potential and tonight whoever wins has time to recuperate. Scheduling is all the time a difficulty, we talked about it a number of occasions and even a couple of video games in the past.
We can not give a transparent reply on this, it’s as much as the organizers of the Grand Slam and the ATP circuit to be sure that all tennis gamers really feel adequately and never essentially everybody does,” defined the Serbian champion. Tomorrow, Djokovic will face Jannik Sinner to get a spot within the ultimate.
