Djokovic wants rewrite history, who can stop him?

Novak Djokovic is chasing his twenty fifth Slam title and eleventh Australian Open trophy, in Melbourne. The trail traced by the draw presents him with a board with some pitfalls alongside his path. If his wrist doesn’t characterize an impediment, the Serbian would be the foremost favourite for the primary Main match of the season.

The draw gave Djokovic a first-round opponent from the qualifiers. Within the second spherical, for the Serbian champion, there might be a actually Australian participant who will emerge from the problem between Popyrin and the wild card Polmans.

Within the third spherical there may very well be a problem with the highest seed Etcheverry, who nevertheless will problem Andy Murray, five-time finalist on the Australian Open, on his debut. The Briton actually has that third spherical towards Nole as his goal, with which he misplaced a number of finals in Melborune.

However lurking there’s additionally one other outdated glory of the Tour like Gael Monfils, reverse the German Hanfmann. The highest seeds who ought to compete for the possibility to face Djokovic within the spherical of 16 are the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino and the American Ben Shelton, in what may very well be a rematch of the semi-final of the 2023 US Open.

Within the quarterfinals the world primary might discover himself dealing with one among Fritz or Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has drawn Matteo Berrettini himself. Within the semi-final there may very well be the conflict anticipated by followers between Novak and Jannik Sinner, who along with Andrey Rublev presides over the second quarter of the draw.

If he manages to succeed in the ultimate, the 36-year-old participant must cross one among Carlitos Alcaraz, Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev and Holger Rune on paper, to win the twenty fifth Slam of his profession.

Carlos Alcaraz’s path

Caritos might be extra motivated than ever in Melbourne.

The Spaniard missed the final version of the Glad Slam as a result of muscle damage suffered throughout one of many final coaching periods carried out on the eve of his departure for Melbourne. Alcaraz was unable to defend the primary place on the earth rating on the sector, which he had achieved just a few months earlier on the US Open, after which returned on to the ATP 250 match in Buenos Aires.

Alcaraz will make his debut on the 2024 Australian Open subsequent Tuesday and can discover Richard Gasquet.

The Frenchman, after the defeat towards Arthur Fils in Auckland, will go away the highest 100 after virtually 19 years.

Within the occasion that he overcomes the Gasquet impediment, Alcaraz would problem one among Lorenzo Sonego or Daniel Evans within the second spherical. The primary seed standing in his means is Alexander Bublik. Two gamers are eligible to succeed in the spherical of 16 in the identical portion of the draw as Alcaraz: Tommy Paul and Jan-Lennard Struff.

The largest risk within the quarterfinals might take the type of Alexander Zverev. The German began the season in one of the best ways and led Germany to the United Cup. The staff led by Torben Beltz had an unimaginable journey and defeated Poland within the ultimate.

Zverev will nonetheless should beat competitors from tennis gamers corresponding to Jiri Lehecka, Cameron Norrie and Casper Ruud. Closing the decrease a part of the draw are Daniil Medvedev, Grigor Dimitrov, Hubert Hurkacz and Holger Rune, who may very well be Alcaraz’s opponents within the semi-final, earlier than a doable ultimate both towards Djokovic or towards Sinner.

Jannik Sinner’s path

Sinner’s spherical of 16 opponent is predicted to return out between No. 17 seed Frances Tiafoe who takes on Borna Coric within the first spherical and the match’s No. 15 seed Karen Khachanov. For the quarter-final match, the primary suspect as Sinner’s opponent appears to be the quantity 5 on the earth Andrey Rublev however watch out as a result of there are some unfastened cannons within the space such because the quantity 10 seed Alex De Minaur or the quantity 29 seeding Sebastian Korda.

As talked about, Sinner’s semifinal opponent may very well be Novak Djokovic or, with much less likelihood, Stefanos Tsitsipas. Positioned on the other facet of the scoreboard and due to this fact doable opponents for Sinner solely within the ultimate, Rune, Medvedev, Zverev and Alcaraz.

Daniil Medvedev’s path

The primary risks might come within the third spherical, when Medvedev might play towards the winner of the primary spherical match between Felix Auger Aliassime and the Austrian Dominic Thiem. Though it should be mentioned, to be truthful, that neither of the Russian’s two doable opponents goes by means of among the finest moments of their profession.

Within the spherical of 16 the bar may very well be raised on condition that the opponent may very well be Grigor Dimitrov who appeared in wonderful situation on the Brisbane match and gained within the ultimate over Holger Rune.

Davidovich Fokina can also be within the space.

Within the quarter-finals, the 2 most trusted seeds are the Dane Holger Rune and the Polish Hubert Hurkacz however watch out as a result of the Frenchman Arthur Fils can also be within the space. Medvedev is within the backside half of the draw, so the most probably opponents for a doable semi-final on this case could be the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and the German Alexander Zverev.

Doable assembly solely within the ultimate for Medvedev within the case of Novak Djokovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas or Jannik Sinner, all drawn within the higher a part of the draw.