Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz will square off again in a Grand Slam after both stars won their fourth-round matches Sunday at the Australian Open.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- It's time for the eighth installment of the riveting, intergenerational rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. This one, though, will be the first at the Australian Open — and the first in the quarterfinals of a tournament; each of the others came in either a semifinal or final.

Novak Djokovic beat Jiri Lehecka in to set up a blockbuster Australian Open clash with Carlos Alcaraz, and had a long-term fan cheering every shot.

After 432 matches, Djokovic owns a win-loss record of 381-51 at Grand Slams. He has raced to a 98-9 win-loss record at Australian Open. Djokovic is a 37-time Grand Slam finalist, winning 24 titles and being 13-time runners-up.

No. 7 seed Novak Djokovic is back in action early Sunday morning at the 2025 Australian Open with a fourth-round match against Jiri Lehecka.

But Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have performed the opposite roles en route to their hotly anticipated Australian Open quarterfinal, which will be played Tuesday January 21 in Melbourne. For Alcaraz,

Carlos Alcaraz has reached his 10th career Grand Slam quarterfinal, tied for the most by a man before his 22nd birthday, by advancing at the Australian Open when 15th-seeded Jack Draper stopped playin