Alexander Zverev vented angrily on the court when Carlos Alcaraz was given a medical timeout in the third set of their Australian Open semifinal, and he didn’t backtrack on his opinion after losing an epic five-setter that lasted nearly 5 1/2 hours.
The greatest men’s Grand Slam champion of all time upset world No. 2 Jannik Sinner in a five-set thriller to reach his 11th Australian Open final.
Carlos Alcaraz endured cramps and injury before fending off Alexander Zverev in an epic, momentum-swinging five-setter Friday to become the youngest man in the Open era to reach the finals of all four Grand Slam events.
Olivia Gadecki and John Peers became the first team to win consecutive Australian Open mixed doubles titles since 1989 after beating the French pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Manuel Guinard 4-6, 6-3, 10-8 on Friday.
When Aryna Sabalenka is really deeply contemplating her Australian Open final rematch with Elena Rybakina, it won’t be that breakthrough success in 2023 that she’ll be dialling in on.
