The Australian Open draw is out! Melbourne Park hosted the draw ceremony on Thursday afternoon, when the fields of 128 on each the boys’s and girls’s sides have been revealed.
It was not significantly excellent news for Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic, who may go head-to-head as early because the quarterfinals after discovering themselves in the identical part of the bracket. On the brilliant aspect for these two Grand Slam champs, they’re on the alternative aspect from No. 1 seed and defending champion Jannik Sinner. As for that quarter, Alcaraz may go up towards both Jack Draper or Sebastian Korda within the spherical of 16; Djokovic may face Tomas Machac within the final 32 and Grigor Dimitrov within the fourth spherical.
Sinner has a largely favorable draw apart from a considerably harmful first-round opponent (Nicolas Jarry) and a potential fourth-round conflict with both Holger Rune or Hubert Hurkacz.
If the highest eight seeds all maintain to type by 4 rounds, quarterfinal contests could be Sinner vs. Alex de Minaur, Taylor Fritz vs. Daniil Medvedev, Alcaraz vs. Djokovic, and Alexander Zverev vs. Casper Ruud.
First-round matches to observe all through the draw are De Minaur vs. Botic van de Zandschulp, Hurkacz vs. Tallon Griekspoor, Dimitrov vs. Fabio Fognini, Fritz vs. Jenson Brooksby, Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard vs. Gael Monfils, Matteo Berrettini vs. Cameron Norrie, Ben Shelton vs. Brandon Nakashima, Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Alex Michelsen, Lorenzo Musetti vs. Matteo Arnaldi, Francisco Cerundolo vs. Alexander Bublik, Denis Shapovalov vs. Roberto Bautista Agut, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs. Jerry Shang, and Lorenzo Sonego vs. Stan Wawrinka.
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