Australian Open Day 10: Live score and game-by-game updates as bombshell revelation comes to light on Tony Jones’s Novak Djokovic outburst – as Novak Djokovic prepares to face off vs Carlos Alcaraz

Tony Jones’ bizarre outburst towards Novak Djokovic has been the talk of the tennis precinct this week.

His comments, claiming that the world No 7 was a ‘has-been’ during a live television broadcast have caught the ire of many around the world, from Piers Morgan to even Elon Musk. Nick Kyrgios even slammed the Channel 9 broadcaster on Monday in a hilarious skit that was published to his Instagram account.

Jones was seen standing on Channel 9’s broadcasting balcony talking to a camera when a group of Serbian fans appeared behind him. The group appeared to start chanting before the 63-year-old turned to the fans and sang: ‘Novak, he’s overrated … Novak’s a has-been. Novak, kick him out,’

The Serbian fans were unable to hear his comments, with Djokovic demanding an apology from Jones following the comments, which he said were ‘insulting and offensive’.

Jones’ apology has also been blasted, with some calling it ‘hollow’ and it appeared to be more of a defence of his words than an apology but a new revelation has emerged over the saga.

Australian tennis great Paul McNamee and the Serbian Council of Australia co-founder Dr Nina Markovic Khaze have both claimed that the crowd that was standing behind Jones, was asked to stand there by Channel Nine.

It’s been a crazy week for the world No 7, who had accepted Jones’ apology yesterday afternoon.

In a statement released by Tennis Australia, Djokovic had claimed that he was now looking to move on from the incident earlier in the week and focus on playing tennis.

Novak acknowledges the apology has been given in public as requested, and is now moving on and focusing on his next match.

It is another sunny and warm day here in Melbourne Park and the atmosphere is building nicely with two big matches coming your way later this afternoon.

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka is out to book her place in the semi-finals of the Australian Open later tonight but she faces a tough test in world No 32 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who comes into this clash after beating world No 19 Donna Vekic in the fourth round.

Novak Djokovic, meanwhile, continues his Australian Open campaign later tonight. The 24-time Grand Slam champion is out to win his 11th Australian Open title but tonight he’ll face his toughest challenge of the tournament so far, with the Serbian coming up against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter-finals.

It’s been a huge week for the Spaniard, too, with Alcaraz dropping just one set on his way to a berth in the last eighth.

Djokovic, though, has been the talk of the tennis precinct this week, with the Serbian being embroiled in a spat with Channel 9 broadcaster Tony Jones.

On Sunday night, Djokovic claimed that he would no longer be doing on-court interviews until he received a public apology from Jones, who had claimed during a television broadcast that the Serbian was a ‘has-been’.

Questions had been raised over whether Djokovic would be penalised for skipping media commitments after he delivered only a short on-court interview following his victory against Jiri Lehecka.

And Tennis Australia have delivered their judgement on the matter, which you can read below…