Australian Open 2023: Kyrgios drawn with Safiullin, potential nightmare path for de Minaur

Australian Open 2023: Kyrgios drawn with Safiullin, potential nightmare path for de Minaur

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That’s a wrap

The men’s and women’s singles draws are done and dusted for you to digest.

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The full women’s singles draw

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The women’s world No.1

Aussie men’s watch

Nick Kyrgios v Roman Safiullin

Thanasi Kokkinakis v Fabio Fognini

Jason Kubler (WC) v Sebastian Baez

John Millman (WC) v Marc-Andrea Hüsler

Alex de Minaur v qualifier / lucky loser

Christopher O’Connell v Jenson Brooksby

Jordan Thompson v J.J.Wolf

Rinky Hijikata vs qualifer / lucky loser

Alexei Popyrin (WC) vs Chun-Hsin Tseng

Marc Polmans vs TBC

Nadal v Draper in first round

What a super first round match up – Rafael Nadal v Brit Jack Draper

… and how’s this one: Dominic Thiem v Andrey Rublev

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Good match-up for Kyrgios

Nick Kyrgios will face Roman Safiullin in the first round.

There’s the prospect of Holger Rune in the third round and, more enticingly, maybe even Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals.

KYRGIOS’ POTENTIAL AUSTRALIAN OPEN PATH:

Round 1: Roman Safiullin (confirmed)
Round 2: Richard Gasquet or Ugo Humbert
Round 3: Holger Rune
Round 4: Andrey Rublev
Quarter-finals: Novak Djokovic, Alex De Minaur
Semi-finals: Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz
Final: Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Daniil Medvedev

The men’s top seeds

A reminder that Casper Rudd is the number two seed.

Novak Djokovic lands in the bottom half of the draw. He can only play Nadal in the final.

Here’s a potential run to the final for Djokovic:

First round: Carballes Baena
Second round: Dellien/Q
Third round: Dimitrov
Fourth round: De Minaur/Carreno Busta
Quarter-final: Rublev/Kyrgios/Rune
Semi-final: Ruud/Fritz

Aussie women watch

Ajla Tomljanovic vs Nadia Podoroska

Olivia Gadecki vs qualifier / lucky loser

Talia Gibson (WC) vs qualifier / lucky loser

Storm Hunter (WC) vs XinyuWang

Kimberly Birrell (WC) vs Kaia Kanepi

Jaimee Fourlis (WC) vs Linda Fruhvirtova

It’s a reasonable match-up for Ajla Tomljanovic in the opening round.

The unseeded Australia, the country’s highest ranked woman, has been drawn with Nadia Podoroska

(Some opponents who may stand in Tomljanovic’s way)
Round 1: Nadia Podoroska
Round 2: Victoria Azarenka or Sofia Kenin
Round 3: Madison Keys
Round 4: Maria Sakkari, Jil Teichmann
Quarter-finals: Jessica Pegula, Petra Kvitova
Semi-finals: Iga Swiatek, Danielle Collins
Final: Ons Jabeur, Aryna Sabalenka

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We’re beginning with the women’s singles

The opening seeds are being allocated.

Some match-ups:

Iga Swiatek vs Jule Niemeier

Canadian Leylah Fernandez vs Alize Cornet

Emma Raducanu vs Tamara Korpatsch

Caroline Garcia vs lucky loser / qualifier

Jabeur vs Zidansek

Pegula vs Cristian

Sabalenka vs Martincova

Sakkari vs Yuan

Gauff vs Siniakova

Kasatkina vs Gracheva

Kudermetova vs Zanevska

Keys vs Blinkova

Azarenka vs Kenin

Bouzkova vs Andreescu

Mertens vs Muguruza

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