{"id":391292,"date":"2026-01-26T13:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/391292\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:18:13","slug":"5-live-sport-all-about-australian-open-australian-open-daily-alcaraz-serve-sparks-djokovic-comparisons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/391292\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Live Sport: All About&#8230; Australian Open &#8211; Australian Open Daily: Alcaraz Serve Sparks Djokovic Comparisons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">Available for 28 days<\/p>\n<p class=\"sw-text-body-copy sw-whitespace-pre-line sw-pt-4 sw-text-secondary\">Gigi Salmon is joined by Russell Fuller and Annabel Croft to wrap up Day 8 at the Australian Open with Carlos Alcaraz&#8217;s serve in the spotlight and whether it&#8217;s been modelled on Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>Djokovic himself has a walkover into the last eight but what does Alex De Minaur\u2019s run means for the home fans?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also chat on Aryna Sabalenka\u2019s record-breaking tie-break streak and the rapid rise of American teenager Iva Jovic.<\/p>\n<p>Timecodes:<\/p>\n<p>01:49 \u2013 Why Alcaraz is still Annabel\u2019s title favourite<\/p>\n<p>04:01 \u2013 Is Alcaraz modelling his serve on Djokovic?<\/p>\n<p>05:03 \u2013 Alcaraz reflects on his improved serve<\/p>\n<p>07:59 \u2013 Djokovic moves straight into the quarter-finals<\/p>\n<p>12:16 \u2013 Is Alex De Minaur ready for the next step?<\/p>\n<p>17:04 \u2013 Sabalenka thriving in the pressure moments<\/p>\n<p>18:15 \u2013 Teenager Iva Jovic reaches the last eight<\/p>\n<p>19:15 \u2013 Could Serena make a comeback?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0mx2fr5\" aria-label=\"Programme Website of Australian Open Daily: Alcaraz Serve Sparks Djokovic Comparisons\" data-testid=\"programme-website-link\" class=\"sw-group sw-inline-flex sw-items-center sw-pt-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Programme Website<\/a>Show less<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Available for 28 days Gigi Salmon is joined by Russell Fuller and Annabel Croft to wrap up Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-391292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}