Germany’s best tennis player can make it to the last four in Melbourne. But to do this he has to defeat superstar Carlos Alcaraz. Will the coup work? Follow the game here in the live ticker.
The whole of tennis Germany is excited this Wednesday – because its best tennis player is all about making it to the semi-finals at the Australian Open: Alexander Zverev can make it to the last four at the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne for the first time since 2020 . And thus come a long way closer to his long-awaited first major title. But to do this, the 26-year-old sixth in the world must first overcome a very difficult hurdle: the young superstar Carlos Alcaraz is waiting in the quarter-finals – the 20-year-old Spaniard is the top favorite for the title alongside Novak Djoković.
Will Alexander Zverev create a sensation against the world number two? Follow the quarter-final match here in the live ticker from 12 p.m.
Alexander Zverev – Carlos Alcaraz
Before the match – Zverev comes onto the court in the Rod Laver Arena first, then Alcaraz enters the court. And is enthusiastically applauded.
Before the match – The quarter-finals are about to begin. The tournament gets you in the mood for the match…
Before the match – Despite his role as favorite, Alcaraz is warned. Because in the last meeting so far at the ATP Finals in November, the German number one had the upper hand. “He’s a great player. It’s always a tough fight, I have to play at my best level,” said Alcaraz, who is still going into the quarter-finals “with a lot of self-confidence”: “I feel better every day.”
Before the match – Zverev had to endure a total of five hours longer than Alcaraz on the court at this Australian Open, fighting the British Cameron Norrie in over four hours in the round of 16 with 7:5, 3:6, 6:3, 4:6, 7:6 ( 10:3) down. “I’m not dead. I expect it to be a completely different game,” said the Hamburger anyway. He still has “100 percent” left in the tank. And: “Playing a quarter-final against Rod Laver, second in the world rankings, gives you extra energy.”