We are in for a treat on Tuesday at the Australian Open, as an absolute classic of a men’s quarterfinal match is in store. Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz met twice last year.

Carlos Alcaraz plans to defeat Novak Djokovic by approaching their Australian Open quarter-final in exactly the same way he approached their seven previous head-to-head meetings.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- It's time for the eighth installment of the riveting, intergenerational rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. This one, though, will be the first at the Australian Open — and the first in the quarterfinals of a tournament; each of the others came in either a semifinal or final.