Australia expanded 2023 officially started on January 16. The first Grand Slam of the year will take place within 3 weeks, which lasts until January 29.
In Australia expanded 2023, each application will have 128 players participating in the official round. Of these, 16 players won tickets through the qualifying round. 32 names will be ranked seeds. This year, Novak Djokovic is the No. 4 seed in the men's singles.
Last season, Djokovic could not attend. Due to the non-vaccination of the Covid-19 vaccine, the Serbian player was banned from entering Australia. He even faced a 3 -year ban.
However, the above prohibition was deleted. At this time, the Serbian tennis player is determined to conquer the 10th Australian championship in his career. If successful, he will increase the number of Grand Slam in his career to 22, thereby leveling Rafael Nadal's record.
Before Australia opened, Djokovic had a perfect momentum. Accordingly, he excelled in winning the Adelaide International championship. On the way to the championship, Nole defeated Daniil Medvedev in the semi -final.
Coming to Australia expanded, Djokovic had a good start. Accordingly, he passed the Roberto Carballes Baena and Enzo Couacaud one by one easily to win tickets to the third round. Here, his opponent will be Grigor Dimitrov. The two players will meet at about 15:00 this afternoon.
Dimitrov is currently ranked 28th in the world. He won tickets to the third round after the 3-0 victory over Laslo Djere. Before that, he defeated Aslan Karatsev with a score of 3-0,
In the past, Djokovic and Dimitrov met 10 times. In particular, Nole won 9 and lost only 1 match. However, the Serbian tennis player is currently showing signs of hamstring injury. There were rumors that the seed No. 7 was considering withdrawing from the tournament.
Predict the match results: Djokovic 3-1 Dimitrov
Dimitrov vs Djokovic
– Tournament: Australia Australia expands 2023
– Round 3 of men's singles
– The yard: hard
– Time: 15:00 on January 21, 2023
– Location: Australia
– Directly on the channel: K+Sport2
