The defending champion battled past Taylor Fritz 7-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to seal a semi-final berth for the 11th time at the hard-court Major event. Djokovic will play against either Jannik Sinner (ITA, 4) or Andrey Rublev (RUS, 5) for a place in the final.

Novak continues his imposing march through the draw at the Australian Open. The Serbian top seed raced into the last eight in Melbourne with a 6-0, 6-0, 6-3 win over Adrian Mannarino (FRA, 20).

Superb performance from Nole in his 100th match in Melbourne. The Serbian star reached the fourth round with a 6-3, 6-3, 7-6 (2) win over no.30 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry in two hours and 28 minutes.

World no.1 battled past Alexei Popyrin and Melbourne crowd to reach Australian Open third round. Djokovic recorded a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory in three hours and 11 minutes. He will take on no.30 seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry next.

The Serbian and world no.1 Novak Djokovic survived a challenge to overcome the 18-year-old Croat Dino Prizmic 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4, winning in four hours to reach the second round in Melbourne for the 17th time in 19 appearances.

The 2024 Australian Open singles draw took place on Thursday. Novak, a record-extending ten-time AO champion, is a top seed. He will open the campaign against Croatian qualifier Dino Prizmic (ATP no.178).

Alex De Minaur defeated the World no.1 6-4, 6-4 to give the host nation a 1-0 lead in their quarter-final tie against Serbia at the mixed teams event. Novak was broken once in each set, suffering his first defeat on Australian soil after six years and 43 consecutive wins.

Marketa Vondrousova earned a close win for the Czech Republic in the opening match of the day, when she beat Olga Danilovic 6-1, 3-6, 6-3. Novak then outplayed Jiri Lehecka 6-1, 6-7, 6-1 to even the tie. In the deciding mixed doubles match, Olga teamed with Hamad Medjedovic. The Serbian duo defeated Miriam Kolodziejova and Petr Nouza 4-6, 7-5, 10-8 to send their Team through to the United Cup quarterfinals.

In his first official match of the 2024 ATP season, Novak eased past Zhizhen Zhang 6-3, 6-2 to give Serbia a 1-0 lead in Group E clash with China in Perth. In the second match, Qinwen Zheng defeated Olga Danilovic 6-4, 6-2. Nole and Olga won a deciding mixed doubles rubber 6-4, 1-6, 10-6 to keep Serbia in contention for quarter-finals.

Thanks to a remarkable 2023 season in which he won seven singles titles, including three Major trophies, Novak was elected as AIPS Champion of the Year and honored with the European Sportsperson of the Year award for the fifth time. Djokovic was also named L'Equipe's Men's Champion of Champions for the second time.