Djokovic v Zverev
A few days before the Australian Open started, Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev played out a light-hearted ‘Night with Novak’ charity match.
This latest meeting on Rod Laver Arena will have a very different feel.
In competitive meetings, Djokovic holds the edge with eight wins in 12 meetings with Zverev, while he also won the pair’s only Australian Open meeting, in the quarter-finals in 2021.
Victory for Djokovic would be his 100th at the Australian Open, joining Roger Federer as the only two men to achieve 100
singles wins at the tournament.
It would also take him through to a record-extending
11th Australian Open final and 38th Grand Slam final.
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