5 talking points from the 2020 Australian Open

Modified Feb 03, 2020 19:52 GMT

Novak Djokovic won his 8th Australian Open title in the 2020 edition of the tournament

#3 Alexander Zverev makes his first Grand Slam semifinal

Three time Masters 1000 winner Sascha Zverev was third time lucky in a Major quarterfinal. The young German recovered from the loss of the opening set to down a misfiring former winner Stan Wawrinka in four sets to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal.

Zverev had previously fallen short in both his Grand Slam quarterfinals - at the 2018 and 2019 Roland Garros tournaments.

In his first Major semifinal, Zverev kicked off on the right note. He took the opening set against Dominic Thiem, before dropping the third and fourth sets in tiebreakers to bow out of the tournament.

Having lost all his three matches at the inaugural ATP Cup, it was a welcome return to form for Zverev.

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