Melbourne

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.

Stefanos Tsitsipas produced a blockbuster performance to reach the Australian Open semi-final on Tuesday then sent out an invitation to actress Margot Robbie to come and support him.

Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the Australian Open semi-finals for the fourth time as the Greek saw off rising Czech Jiri Lehecka 6-3 7-6(2) 6-4 on Tuesday.

The third seed dominated the opening set after breaking a nervy Lehecka early on but was pushed hard after that against the 21-year-old who has enjoyed a breakout tournament.

MELBOURNE - Serbia's top-ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic is through to the Australian Open quarter-finals after defeating Australian Alex de Minaur 6-2, 6-1, 6-2 on Monday.

Djokovic, who won after slightly over two hours of play, will next face Russian Andrey Rublev, who defeated Dane Holger Rune 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (11-9).

The match is scheduled for Wednesday.

Novak overpowered Australian Alex de Minaur 6:2, 6:1, 6:2.
The Serb needed only two hours to celebrate at "Rod Laver Arena".
Novak was simply unstoppable in this match, so at no time was there a problem with the left hamstring.
Now he faces his biggest challenge in Melbourne, fifth seed Andrei Rublev who will be recovering from his round of 16 match for a long time.

"It is a dream come true," the president of the Greek Community of Melbourne, Vassilis Papastergiadis, said on Friday, welcoming an initiative by Tourism Minister Vassilis Kikilias to open a Greek National Tourism Organization (GNTO) office in Australia. 

As reported by B92.net reporter from Melbourne, Milan Tomi, there is a huge crowd in front of "Rod Laver Arena" ahead of Djokovic's match.
The stands from the daytime "session" are emptying, and soon fans with tickets for the "night session" will enter.
In a huge crowd, numerous Serbian flags stand out.