Alcaraz - on the other hand - has already packed his bags and left for Spain on Wednesday. His next tournament will be the Rotterdam ATP 500, which will take place from 3 to 9 February. Unlike previous years, the Spanish ace has opted for a different schedule by skipping the tournaments on red clay in South America.

Carlos Alcaraz reacts to his controversial Australian Open 2025 quarterfinal loss to Novak Djokovic, highlighting his learnings for the future.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- It's time for the eighth installment of the riveting, intergenerational rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. This one, though, will be the first at the Australian Open — and the first in the quarterfinals of a tournament; each of the others came in either a semifinal or final.

Djokovic’s four-set victory over his young rival sets up a semifinal with second-seeded Alexander Zverev and keeps alive his hope of a record 25th Grand Slam title.

Novak Djokovic is chasing history after defeating Carlos Alcaraz in a grueling 3 1/2-hour match in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open on Tuesday.

In a matchup more appropriate for a final, 10-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic prevails in four sets over reigning Wimbledon champ.

Carlos Alcaraz gets tattoos to celebrate Grand Slam titles, so he plans to get ink of a kangaroo if he can win the Australian Open to complete a full collection from the four most prestigious events in tennis.

The Australian Open stages the match of the tournament so far as two of the sport’s biggest stars meet in the quarter-final

Team Serbia's hopes of progressing to the next round of the Davis Cup qualifiers have been significantly damaged by Novak Djokovic's withdrawal. Djokovic left the Australian Open's Rod Laver Arena

It could be tempting to write off Novak Djokovic at this point, to think he might be closer than ever to being done competing for Grand Slam

Novak Djokovic could not chase his 11th Australian Open title this week. The 37-year-old experienced a torn muscle in his left thigh in the quarter-final against Carlos Alcaraz and retired after losing the opening set of the semi-final clash with Alexander Zverev.