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Just two men stand to foil Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s pursuit of a 15-year first at Melbourne Park on Friday when the top four seeds square off in the semifinals of Australian Open 2026.
Not since Novak Djokovic denied Rafael Nadal for three of the four Slams from Wimbledon 2011 to Roland Garros 2012 have two rivals contested four successive major finals between them.
Why Australian Open men’s semifinals with top four seeds still feel one-sided – The Athletic
Novak Djokovic's win over Carlos Alcaraz at last year's Australian Open feels increasingly further away. Clive Brunskill / Getty Images
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Australian Open women’s singles final between Aryna Sabalenka and Elena Rybakina.
MELBOURNE, Australia — For the first time in 13 years, the top four men’s seeds have made it to the Australian Open semifinals. The last time that happened at the majors was the 2019 French Open, and after nearly seven years, two closely matched, tense semifinals between the four best players await.
The reality is that as long as the top two seeds are there, their opponents have become something close to an irrelevance. Describing Novak Djokovic, a 24-time Grand Slam champion, and Alexander Zverev, generally accepted to be the best men’s player never to have won a major, in this way may seem harsh, but that is the extent of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner’s dominance over the past two years.
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Australian Open 2026: Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner face Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic in semi-finals
Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner have split the past eight Grand Slam titles between them
Going into the Australian Open, few people predicted anything other than Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner meeting again in the men's final.
The pair have contested the past three Grand Slam title matches – Alcaraz winning the French Open and US Open, with Sinner claiming Wimbledon in between – as their rivalry continues to grow.
Now only Alexander Zverev and Novak Djokovic can prevent the dominant duo meeting in the Melbourne showpiece for the first time.
Spanish world number one Alcaraz plays German third seed Zverev in Friday's first semi-final at 14:30 local time (03:30 GMT), followed by Italian second seed Sinner facing Serb fourth seed Djokovic.
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