It comes after Jones appeared in front of a group of Djokovic fans during a live broadcast from Melbourne Park on Friday night. As they cheered and waved Serbian flags, Jones sang: “Novak, he’s overrated. Novak’s a has-been. Novak, kick him out.”

Novak Djokovic will face Carlos Alcaraz in a blockbuster Australian Open quarter-final! The Serb and the Spaniard defeated four rivals in Melbourne and arranged their eighth duel, the fourth at Majors. The first three came in Paris and London.

They’ve contested the past two Wimbledon finals and played off for gold in Paris last year, next Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic meet at Melbourne Park in an Australian Open quarter-final for the ages.

Never before, though, have Djokovic and Alcaraz met in a quarter-final. Players of their grand stature are only supposed to meet at the pointy end of tournaments, like when Alcaraz denied the super Serb in the past two Wimbledon title deciders, before the 24-times major champ completed an elusive golden slam in Paris last August.

Novak Djokovic's Australian Open meeting with Carlos Alcaraz will be his 61st quarter-final match at the majors, which is an Open Era record

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have set up a quarterfinal showdown at the Australian Open MELBOURNE, Australia — It’s time for the eighth installment of the riveting, intergenerational rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz .

Alcaraz has hit his usual highlight-reel shots from time to time and Djokovic has dropped only two sets, but the nature of their paths to the last eight has been unexpected. From the moment the draw was made,

Novak Djokovic claims a convincing victory against Jiri Lehecka to set up a mouth-watering quarter-final against Carlos Alcaraz at the Australian Open.