Tommy Paul

INDIAN WELLS - Serbia's Novak Djokovic, the world number one in men's tennis singles, is seeded in the first round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament and will face the winner of the tie between Australian Aleksandar Vukic and a qualifier in the second round.

The draw ceremony was held last night.

Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas beat Karen Khachanov of Russia 7-6, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3 in their men's semifinal match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Friday to set up a showdown in the final on Sunday against Serbian megastar Novak Djokovic, who beat Tommy Paul of the US 7-5, 6-1, 6-2.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Australian Open final after defeating American Tommy Paul 7-5, 6-1, 6-2 on Friday.

Justifying the role of favourite against Paul, Djokovic won another match in Melbourne without losing a set.

He suffered his only blip of the tie at the end of the first set, when he let slip a 5-1 lead.

Stefanos Tsitsipas moved into the Australian Open final on Friday, taking a step towards becoming the first Greek world number one, which the third seed said would be the culmination of a boyhood dream.

Anthony Albanese was asked whether Tennis Australia should take further action against Novak Djokovic's father after vision emerged of him celebrating with pro-Russian spectators.
Srdjan Djokovic was filmed on Wednesday evening with a man wearing a t-shirt displaying the pro-Russian "Z" symbol while brandishing a flag featuring Vladimir Putin's face.

Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in action against Russian 18th seed Karen Khachanov during their men's semi final match at the 2023 Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Friday. Tsitsipas blazed his way into the final with a 7-6(2) 6-4 6-7(6) 6-3 win where he will meet either favorite Novak Djokovic or Tommy Paul for the title. [EPA]

Djokovic's opponent will be Tommy Paul, an American with whom he has not met so far in his career.
This is Novak's 10th time playing in the semi-finals of Melbourne, and he has been successful in all previous ones.
Djokovic has been pretty confident so far in the tournament, despite the hamstring injury.

The nine-time champion charged past the sixth-ranked tennis player in the world, Russian Andrei Rublev, in the quarter-finals - 6:1, 6:2, 6:4.
"Very close to the performance of two nights ago," Djokovic said in on court interview. "Cannot be happier with my tennis. Been playing very solid from the back of the court."

MELBOURNE - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Australian Open semi-finals after defeating Russian Andrey Rublev 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday.

Djokovic, who won after a little over two hours of play, now has a 3-1 head-to-head record against Rublev.

Djokovic convincingly outlasted Grigor Dimitrov 3-0 (7:6, 6:3, 6:4) in sets and showed that he is stronger than both the injury and the opponent, and this is his 24th consecutive victory in this tournament.
"I think the turning point, so to speak for both players, was right from the blocks, the very first game," Djokovic said in on court post-match interview.