Australia expanded 2023 officially started on January 16. The first Grand Slam of the year will take place in the weekly quarterfinals, 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 is still showing impressive performance. Accordingly, he passed Roberto Carballes Baena, Enzo Couacaud, Dimitrov and De Minaur easily to win tickets to the quarter -finals. Here, his opponent will be Andrey Rubleev. The two players will meet at about 15:30 this afternoon.
RubleV is currently ranked 6th in the world. He won tickets to the quarterfinals after winning against rivals Dominic Thiem, Emil Ruusuvuori, Daniel Evans and the latest Holger Rune. This was an extremely emotional victory of the Russian tennis player when he saved 2 Match Point and defeated Rune after 5 sets.
In the past, Djokovic and RubleV had met 3 times. In particular, Rubleev won 2 and had 1 defeat against the opponent. At this fourth meeting, he was still more appreciated, but RubleV could completely create a surprise.
Predict the match results: Djokovic 3-1 Rubleev
Rublev vs Djokovic
– Tournament: Australia Australia expands 2023
– Made of men's singles content
– The yard: hard
– Time: 15:30 on January 25, 2023
– Location: Australia
– Directly on the channel: K+Sport2
