Djokovic, Alcaraz Advance to Australian Open Finals

And now for your sports news, we're joined by NTD's Dave Martin. They've got some NFL and Olympic news, but let's start in tennis, as yesterday we had a couple very memorable matches at the Australian Open. Yeah, I'm gonna start with Novak Djokovic's win, because he was finally able to solve Yannick Sinner there, after Sinner had beaten him five times in a row, which is pretty much almost heard of for an opponent to do that to Djokovic. Now Sinner was also the two-time champion at the Australian Open, which was Djokovic's best venue. And Djokovic actually lost two of the first three sets before winning sets four and five there to advance to the finals. Really incredible win there. And Sinner having eight break point opportunities there in the fifth set. Djokovic, though, saved them all amazingly for the win. So Djokovic now advances to the Australian Open finals for the 11th time. He is 10-0 in his previous 10 final trips there. So Djokovic won that match five sets, pretty amazing. Now the other semifinal was even more grueling. Carlos Alcarez overcame some kind of leg issue to beat Alexander Zverev in five sets. Now Alcarez, he actually won the first two sets, really was rolling along in the third set before his leg started, it would appear to be cramping up. We didn't quite get a clarity on that. He was clearly limited. Somehow he actually forced a tiebreaker in both the third and four sets, though he lost them both. By the fifth set, he was actually moving better, but then he dropped his first service game somehow. Then he was, as Zverev, was then serving for a match at 5-3 when Alcarez finally broke back for the last four games to take the match. Five hours and 27 minutes it took for him to actually beat him. That's a semifinal record at the Australian Open in that grueling heat there. So a big win for him. So Djokovic versus Alcarez in the Australian Open finals on Sunday. The women's, Irina Sabalenka versus Alina Rybikina. I think I got those names right. All right, that'll be Saturday morning, so later tonight really. All right, well, big matches and long names. Moving to Olympic news though. Alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn crashed earlier today during her final downhill race before the Winter Games. What is her status going forward? It seems unclear at this point. Now, she said she injured her left knee during a crash day and that she's discussing the situation with her doctors. She also added that her Olympic dream is not over. Now, it certainly didn't look good that she was airlifted by helicopter off the mountain today. Now, Vonn, who's 41, she's already had a pretty amazing comeback story over the past year. Now, she had been retired for six years before coming back a year ago in November. In fact, she skis with a partial titanium implant in her right knee, not the left one, which is what she injured today. But she's done very well. She's competed in eight World Cup races. Her worst showing was a fourth place. Now, her first scheduled Olympic event is the women's downhill on February 8th, so that's a week from Sunday. But it'll be held in Cortina de Ampezzo, where she holds the record of 12 World Cup wins. So, stay tuned. We hope she's all right. That would be pretty tragic to get injured a week before the Olympics. But we'll see. She said she's going to update us on her condition. All right. Well, best of luck to her. Shifting gears to the upcoming Super Bowl, though. New England Patriots quarterback Drake May, who's been dealing with a shoulder injury, missed practice today. What is going on here? Yeah. Apparently, he's also dealing with an illness. Now, according to head coach Mike Vrabel, Vrabel sounded like he sat May out not just for May's sake, but for the team's sake, not wanting to spread this illness around like a week before the Super Bowl. Now, today was actually the first practice that May has missed the entire season. But May practiced Thursday, despite that shoulder issue that we were previously talking about. Vrabel said the shoulder responded favorably. May, meanwhile, said he doesn't think the shoulder injury will limit his ability to throw in the big game. But just in case, the Patriots have backup quarterback Joshua Dobbs behind him. May, meanwhile, would have very big shoes to fill. He's one of five finalists for the NFL's MVP award. So, yeah, we've got news every day leading up to the Super Bowl here, just nine days away, too. I would expect nothing less. Speaking of the Super Bowl, you know, many of us watch it on TV, and the highlights are those commercials or ads. Sometimes they're quite funny. We showed one yesterday. Do we have another one today? We definitely do. Yeah, yesterday we had the funny one of Ben Steeler in that 80s disco Euro ad for Instacart. Today, we're showing a commercial for Hellman's Mayonnaise starting meal Diamond. Let's take a look here. Nobody in the meeting stood up for me, and I was like, okay, guys, like, I led this project. I was born in this deli. What? I didn't say anything. I was born in this deli. My best friend was that bologna. That is, until I met you. Curse is broken, and I can leave. No, thank you. Yes! Nobody in the meeting stood up for me, and I was like, okay, guys, like, I led this project. I was born in this deli. Diamond, I guess that's, you know, Neil's lesser-known younger brother or something like that, and that was Elle Fanning there at the end, if you didn't notice. I did recognize her. I figured you would. I didn't recognize Andy Samberg there, but that was a pretty funny one. We'll see what you have next week. I'm looking forward to this. Well, Dave, as always, thanks for joining us. Thank you, Tiff.