Sports Desk.A shocking incident has come to light in the Australian Open 2025. 10-time champion Novak Djokovic of Serbia left the semi-final match midway and walked off the field. Actually he is struggling with injury and after losing the first set, he did not find himself fit to continue further and left.
This incident is shocking because Djokovic was considered the favorite to win this tournament. With his withdrawal, second seed Alexander Zverev of Germany reached the final. The 37-year-old Djokovic’s injury is considered serious and he was seen struggling in the first set against Zverev at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena. He also made many mistakes.
Zverev managed to win the first set 7-6 in the tie-breaker. Immediately after this, Djokovic picked up the bag and informed the referee that he was not able to continue the match further. Djokovic’s journey so far in this tournament had been fantastic. He defeated Spanish star Carlos Alcaraz 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in the quarter-finals. After this he got two days’ rest.

Djokovic had entered for his 25th Grand Slam, but no one had thought that his journey would end like this. He has won this Grand Slam title in 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023. Apart from this, he has been French Open champion three times, Wimbledon champion seven times and US Open champion four times. The win over Alcaraz in the quarterfinals was his 99th win at the Australian Open, but he will not be able to complete a century of wins in this Grand Slam this year.