Australian Open 2025: complete draw for the men’s draw
He main box of the Australian Open took its first firm step this Thursday, when the men’s draw among so many brilliant figures, knowing the rivals against whom the Italian will debut Jannik Sinner (1st), the German Alexander Zverev (2nd), Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (3rd) and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (7th), among others.
The defending champion will face a difficult task in the first round of Melbourne Park, where he will participate for the sixth time in a row and just began his dream 2024 season, colliding against the powerful Chilean Nicholas Jarry (34th), last finalist of the Rome Masters 1000, who has only one win and four losses in the main draw of the tournament.
For his part, the Hamburg-born, second favorite, will seek revenge in the event, after falling in the semifinals in the last edition, to finally debut his Grand Slam showcase, debuting against the experienced Frenchman Lucas Pouille (104th), former world number 10 and invited by the organization.
Another who will try to get rid of his thorn in oceanic terrain will be the talented Murcian, already proclaimed at Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open, who will begin his fourth adventure by facing the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko (72nd), which has not yet passed the second phase in competitions of this caliber.
However, the biggest attraction in the first Major on the calendar will surely be the presence of the legendary Balkan, who stands as the top historical champion with 10 trophies and will go for his 100th title at the highest level, 25th in the category. , measuring forces against the American youth Nisesh Basavareddy (133rd), recent participant in the Next Gen Finals and practically no history in the Tour.
It should be noted that other players will also battle for eternal glory starting Sunday, January 12, because Taylor Fritz (4th) will play against Jenson Brooskby, Daniil Medvedev (5th) against Kasidit Samrej (414th)j, Casper Ruud (6th) against Jaume Munar, Alex De Minaur (8th) against Botic Van de Zandschulp (82nd), Andrey Rublev (9th) versus a qualy, Grigor Dimitrov (10th) against Fabio Fognini (89th) and Nick Kyrgios against Jacob Fearnley (86th) they will not resign themselves to the hands of the main candidates.
Most interesting clashes in the first round of the Australian Open:
Jannik Sinner vs. Nicholas Jarry
Alexander Zverev vs. Lucas Pouille
Carlos Alcaraz vs. Alexander Shevchenko
Taylor Fritz vs. Jenson Brooksby
Daniil Medvedev vs. Kasidit Samrej
Casper Ruud vs. Jaume Munar
Novak Djokovic vs. Nishesh Basavareddy
Alex De Minaur vs. Botic Van by Zandschulp
Andrey Rublev vs. qualy
Grigor Dimitrov vs. Fabio Fognini
Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alex Michelsen
Tommy Paul vs. Christopher O’Connell
Holger Rune vs. Zhizhen Zhang
Jack Draper vs. Mariano Navone
Lorenzo Musetti vs. Matteo Arnaldi
Frances Tiafoe vs. Alexei Popyrin
Stan Wawrinka vs. Lorenzo Sonego
Matteo Berrettini vs. Cameron Norrie
Kei Nishikori vs. qualy
Gael Monfils vs. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard
Francisco Cerúndolo vs. Alexander Bublik
Tomás Etcheverry vs. Flavio Cobolli
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