Men's semifinal previews: Your five-point guide

Only two can advance to Sunday’s Australian Open 2024 men’s singles final, so expect fireworks when Novak Djokovic plays Jannik Sinner, and Daniil Medvedev takes on Alexander Zverev at Rod Laver Arena on Friday.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC [1] vs JANNIK SINNER [4]

1. How they got here

Djokovic, the 10-time AO champion, has spent 15 hours and nine minutes on court through his first five matches – a marathon more than Sinner’s 11 hours and 22 minutes.

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The 36-year-old’s serve has been broken eight times this tournament by Dino Prizmic, Alexei Popyrin and Taylor Fritz, who each took a set off the world No.1. Still, the top seed has progressed through his quarter, knocking out 30th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry, 20th seed Adrian Mannarino and 12th seed Fritz.

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It’s been an easier path for 22-year-old Sinner, who is yet to drop a set and has only been broken twice: once by Botic van de Zandscuhlp in the first round, and once by Karen Khachanov in the fourth round. The fourth seed accounted for 26th seed Sebastian Baez, 15th seed Khachanov and fifth seed Andrey Rublev, impressively recovering from a 1-5 deficit in the second set tiebreak against Rublev.