Jan 07, 2025 01:33 PM IST
The match’s most important draw will start from January 12 onwards in Melbourne, with the draw set to be introduced on Thursday.
Defending champions Jannik Sinner, 10-time winner Novak Djokovic and world no. 3 Carlos Alcaraz started their preparations for the 2025 version of the Australian Open on the Rod Laver Area. The match’s most important draw will start from January 12 onwards in Melbourne, with the draw set to be introduced on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic of Serbia (L) talks with coach Andy Murray (R) throughout a coaching session forward of the Australian Open tennis match in Melbourne on January 7(AFP)
Djokovic was noticed practising on the Rod Laver Area on Tuesday afternoon below the watchful eyes of his newly appointed coach, Andy Murray. It’s the Brit’s first teaching stint since his retirement in the summertime of 2024, after the Paris Olympics. Murray gained three Grand Slam titles and two Olympic singles gold.
The Serb, who might be chasing an unprecedented twenty fifth main, heads into the primary Grand Slam of the calendar yr on the again of a surprising quarterfinal loss towards American Reilly Opelka on the Brisbane Worldwide. In 2023, Djokovic had didn’t win a single ATP title, barring the historic gold within the Paris Olympics. The closest he reached to claiming the twenty fifth main was in Wimbledon, the place he misplaced to Alcaraz in a rematch of the 2023 remaining.
Donning a brand new hair-cut, Alcaraz, who landed in Melbourne on Monday, was noticed coaching alongside French participant Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard , quantity 30 within the ATP rankings. The Spaniard, who made the quarterfinals in his final Australian Open look, might be hoping to go one step additional this time, with this being the one main eluding him in his profession to date.
Sinner wins on return to Melbourne
The Italian, who had defeated Djokovic within the semifinal final yr en path to claiming his maiden main, made a profitable return on his return to the Rod Laver Area on Tuesday. Troubling Aussie expertise Alexei Popyrin on his serve, creating 9 break factors to at least one, Sinner claimed a cushty 6-4 7-6 victory in a charity match.
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