India, Jan. 26 -- For the first time in six years, the top two seeds have made the Australian Open men's singles final, the last being Novak Djokovic (1) and Rafael Nadal (2019). But that is not the surprising aspect of the summit clash, which will take place at the Rod Laver Arena on Sunday. While defending champion Jannik Sinner, from the top half of the draw, was much expected to make the second consecutive final, from the bottom half, the bets were on one between Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic, both of whom were on a quarterfinal collision course. But while the Serb beat the Spaniard, an injury he picked up during that clash, got the better of him in the semifinal, where he was forced to retire after losing the opening set, thus se...