Novak Djokovic has won his last 33 matches at the Australian Open but Yannick Sinner proved his victories over the Serb late last year were no fluke to reach the final in Melbourne. It was 6-1, 6-2, (6)6-7, 6-3 in favor of the 22-year-old Italian.

Novak Djokovic suffered a decisive defeat by Yannick Sinner in the semi-finals of the Australian Open 2024

The last match that Nole lost at the Antipozis Grand Slam was on January 22, 2018. eliminated in the round of 16 by Hyeong Chungcount 7-6(4), 7-5, 7-6(3).The athlete from South Korea was then ranked 58th in the ATP rankings, and now ranks 1099. Since then, Djokovic has won four titles in Melbourne (he did not participate in the 2022 draw).

Darren Cahill’s pupil Sinner took three hours and 25 minutes to beat the main favorite from Melbourne.

Djokovic (36 years old) was unrecognizable in the first two sets of the match at Rod Laver Arena: he managed only 11 winning shots (the Italian is not better either – he scored only 10), made 29 unforced errors (only 8 against Yannick) and had big problems on submissions (Grishnik succeeded in two breaks in each leg).

The third set was much more even and needed a tie-break to decide the winner. Yannick served two times while leading 5-4, but Nole recovered the mini-break, saved the match point (6-5 in favor of the Italian) and stayed in the match.

The Serb’s early problems returned in the fourth set, with Grishnyk missing the first three break points of the set, but came back from 0-40 down in the return game to break and claim a career win.