Tommy Paul

MIKE DICKSON IN MELBOURNE:Occasionally agitated and rarely at his best, Novak Djokovic cruised into the Australian Open final to set up a meeting with ...

[ announced that he would not be attending](/sport/tennis/article-11682617/Novak-Djokovics-father-NOT-Melbourne-Park-support-son-Australian-Open-semi.html) after the [controversy over his public association with Russia sympathisers](/sport/tennis/article-11681267/Novak-Djokovic-Ukraine-demands-Australian-Open-ban-dad-posing-Russian-Putin-fans.html) on Wednesday. [Novak Djokovic](/sport/novak_djokovic/index.html) nonetheless cruised into the Australian Open final to set up a meeting with [Stefanos Tsitsipas](/sport/stefanos-tsitsipas/index.html). [Serb will face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday](/sport/tennis/article-11682713/Stefanos-Tsitsipas-reaches-Australian-Open-final-beating-Karen-Khachanov-four-sets.html)

Tommy Paul admitted Novak Djokovic was in a different league after being blasted off court in the Australian Open semi-finals on Friday, but vowed to bounce ...

"I want to keep moving up the rankings. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder. "I knew he was going to play really, really well.

Friday is men's semi-final day in Melbourne and the favourite is squaring off with the American outsider. Join Luke McLaughlin.

But Paul is facing the nine-times champion on his favourite court, the venue at which he has achieved the most success. At advantage to the American, Djokovic hits wide, and Paul has broken back! At 30-30 there is another fantastic rally but the Serb gets it done this time and has a chance to get the double break … This is a very commendable comeback from the world No 35, who looked to be completely out of the running in this first set when he was a double break down and Djokovic was serving for it. Paul stays patient – he is really warming up and seeing the ball well – and simply wears Djokovic down. Paul holds to -15, clinching it with an accomplished volley after a rare foray to the net. He soon has set point, and much like Paul a few moments ago, grinds his opponent down from the baseline in another lengthy rally. Djokovic is forced to deuce as Paul refuses to go down without a fight. Paul holds to -15 and strolls off for a drink. Djokovic is tennis royalty, and there is a distinctly superior air to his game now. A crowd-pleasing point to begin, Paul managing to defend and keep the rally going in unlikely fashion. Paul is feeling upbeat at 40-15, but Djokovic’s punishing return, a clean winner, reminds him of the task at hand.

American Tommy Paul's run to the semi-finals of the Australian Open will take him into the world's top 20 for the first time but the 25-year-old does not ...

I don't want to just lose in semi-finals. 'I want to keep moving up the rankings. 'Obviously I have a lot of matches to win this year. I don't want to be a one-hit wonder,' Paul told reporters. I feel like the way I started year is the right path to do it. Obviously got to carry it throughout the whole season.

Novak Djokovic breezed into a 10th Australian Open final with a straight sets demolition of American Tommy Paul in Melbourne.

Leading 5-1 and serving for the set, nobody saw what happened next coming. I held my nerves at the end of the first set; that was a key moment where I started swinging through the ball more." Another Nole hold made it 4-0, but Paul eventually got on the board, holding a couple of games as the set stayed on serve for Djokovic to stroll into the final with a love hold to see out another straight-sets victory. “I won against Stefanos in Paris, so my recollections are very positive! Djokovic won only two of 12 points after his argument with the umpire, but eventually managed to get back on track with a hold, and then broke at the opportune moment to take the set 7-5, cupping his ear to a raucous crowd after edging a helter-skelter set in 59 minutes. He managed to do so by finally getting on the board, but Djokovic pounced on his first set point to serve out with a commanding 6-1 scoreline in 36 minutes. "I know what’s expected of me. [will face Stefanos Tsitsipas](https://www.eurosport.co.uk/tennis/australian-open/2023/stefanos-tsitsipas-v-karen-khachanov-live-stream-and-scores-from-australian-open-semi-final_sto9354343/story.shtml)in Sunday’s showpiece event after coming through 7-5 6-1 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena. I was two sets to love down, and that was the first time I came from behind like that in a Grand Slam final, so it was a really physical, mental and emotional battle," Djokovic said. He added: "My level is great, it’s perfect. It’s 110 percent. Paul had moments at the start of the second set but failed to capitalise and once the unusually high Djokovic error count dropped, the result looked a formality.

The Serbian will take on Stefanos Tsitsipas on Sunday in his 33rd grand slam final bidding to equal Rafael Nadal's record tally of 22 titles, while the winner ...

I actually think he’s one of the most interesting guys on tour with his interests off court, his hairstyle. Let the best player win.” “I respect him (Tsitsipas) a lot, he has improved a lot over the years.

Watch as Novak Djokovic wins in straight sets against Tommy Paul to reach the Australian Open 2023 final. Stream the 2023 Australian Open live on discovery+ ...