Australia expanded 2023 officially started on January 16. The first Grand Slam of the year will take place within 4 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 Roberto Carballes Baena, Enzo Couacaud and Dimitrov easily to win tickets to the fourth round. Here, his opponent will be Alex de Minaur. The two players will meet at about 15:00 this afternoon.
De Minaur is currently ranked 24 in the world. He won the 4th round after winning against rivals Yu Hsiou Hsu, Adrian Mannarino and Benjamin Bonzi. Like Nole, De Minaur has only lost 1 set, up to the present time.
In the past, Djokovic and De Minaur had never met. This will be a small pressure for Nole when De Minaur will surely receive enthusiastic cheers from the host audience.
Predict the match results: Djokovic 3-1 de Minaur
De Minaur vs Djokovic
– Tournament: Australia Australia expands 2023
– Round 4 of men's singles
– The yard: hard
– Time: 15:00 on January 23, 2023
– Location: Australia
– Directly on the channel: K+Sport2
