MELBOURNE, Australia – Novak Djokovic, mai rike da kambun Australian Open sau 10, da kuma Carlos Alcaraz, wanda ya lashe Grand Slam sau uku, sun hadu a wasan kusa da na karshe na gasar Australian Open a ranar Talata, 21 ga Janairu, 2025. Wasan da aka yi a filin wasa na Rod Laver Arena a Melbourne Park ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan wasannin gasar.
Djokovic, wanda aka zaba na bakwai a gasar, ya fafata da Alcaraz, wanda aka zaba na uku, a wani wasa da aka sa ran zai kasance mai cike da kishi. Djokovic, wanda ya lashe gasar Australian Open sau 10, yana neman kambu na 11, yayin da Alcaraz, wanda ya lashe US Open, Wimbledon, da Roland Garros, yana kokarin zama dan wasan tennis mafi karancin shekaru da ya lashe Grand Slam.
A cikin tarihin wasanninsu, Djokovic ya ci Alcaraz sau hudu, yayin da Alcaraz ya ci sau uku. Wasan karshe da suka yi a gasar Olympics ta Paris 2024 ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan wasanninsu, inda Djokovic ya ci nasara a wasan da ya kare da 7-6, 7-6.
Djokovic ya shiga wasan ne bayan ya doke Nishesh Basavareddy, Jaime Faria, Tomas Machac, da Jiri Lehecka. Alcaraz kuma ya ci Alexander Shevchenko, Yoshihito Nishioka, Nuno Borges, da Jack Draper.
Wannan shi ne karo na farko da Djokovic da Alcaraz suka fara fafatawa a gasar Australian Open, amma karo na uku a gasar Grand Slam. A baya sun fafata a Wimbledon a shekarun 2023 da 2024, da kuma a Roland Garros a shekarar 2023.
Wanda ya ci nasara a wannan wasan zai ci gaba zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe, inda zai fafata da wanda ya ci nasara a wasan tsakanin Tommy Paul da Alexander Zverev.
