listed below are as soon as once more loads of storylines to look out for because the Australian Open will get underway.
Novak Djokovic returns to Melbourne, 12 months on from being deported after his visa eliminated, and is a robust favorite to choose up a tenth Australian Open title. A slight concern along with his left hamstring is maybe his greatest impediment.
Rafael Nadal is the defending champion and leads the way in which on the high of the lads’s Grand Slam tree with 22 to his identify, although Djokovic will draw degree with him ought to it’s one other profitable fortnight for the Serbian.
There may be additionally the small matter of Nick Kyrgios – it’s unlikely to be boring. He has vowed to retire instantly ought to he win one among tennis’ greatest prizes, and has an opportunity of doing that on house soil having reached the Wimbledon last six months in the past.
On the ladies’s facet of the draw, a lot is predicted one once more of world primary Iga Swiatek after her sensational 2022.
It could be no shock if she picks up a fourth Grand Slam title, however the likes of Coco Gauff, Carolina Garcia and Aryna Sabalenka all look to have sturdy possibilities themselves.
Emma Raducanu arrives in Melbourne nonetheless battling for health, after selecting up an ankle damage in Auckland. Ought to she make it by way of the primary spherical, it can seemingly be Gauff subsequent up.
Dates and venue
The Australian Open begins on Monday, January 16, 2023, and runs for 14 straight days till Sunday, January 29.
As ever, it’s being performed at Melbourne Park.
watch the Australian Open
TV channel: The event will likely be broadcast within the UK on Eurosport.
Dwell stream: Viewers will be capable of stream the motion from the Discovery+ service.
Prize cash
Males’s and ladies’s singles (in Australian {dollars})
- Champion – $2,975,000
- Finalist – $1,625,000
- Semi-finalist – $925,000
- Quarter-finalist – $555,250
- Fourth spherical – $338,250
- Third spherical – $227,925
- Second spherical – $158,850
- First spherical – $106,250
Males’s and ladies’s doubles (per pair)
- Champion – $695,000
- Finalist – $370,000
- Semi-finalist – $210,000
- Quarter-finalist – $116,500
- Third spherical – $67,250
- Second spherical – $46,500
- First spherical – $30,975
Iga Swiatek is seeking to decide up from the place she left off in 2022
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Play will start for the day classes at 12am GMT, with the night time classes getting underway at 8am UK time.
- Monday, January 16– males’s and ladies’ singles first spherical
- Tuesday, January 17 – males’s and ladies’s singles second spherical
- Wednesday, January 18 – males’s and ladies’s singles second spherical
- Thursday, January 19 – males’s and ladies’s singles second spherical
- Friday, January 20 – males’s and ladies’s singles third spherical
- Saturday, January 21 – males’s and ladies’s singles third spherical
- Sunday, January 22 – males’s and ladies’s singles fourth spherical
- Monday, January 23 – males’s and ladies’s singles fourth spherical
- Tuesday, January 24 – males’s and ladies’s singles quarter-finals
- Wednesday, January 25 – males’s and ladies’s singles quarter-finals
- Thursday, January 26 – ladies’s singles semi-finals
- Friday, January 27– males’s singles semi-finals
- Saturday, January 28– ladies’s singles last
- Sunday, January 29– males’s singles last
First-round opponents for British singles gamers
Monday, January 16:
Jack Draper vs Rafael Nadal
Cameron Norrie vs Luca Van Assche
Kyle Edmund vs Jannik Sinner
Emma Raducanu vs Tamara Korpatsch
Harriet Dart vs Jil Teichmann
Tuesday, January 17:
Andy Murray vs Matteo Berrettini
Dan Evans vs Facundo Bagnis
Andy Murray has misplaced 5 Australian Open finals
/ Getty PhotographsNewest odds for Australian Open
Males’s Singles:
Novak Djokovic 5/6
Daniil Medvedev 11/2
Stefanos Tsitsipas 13/1
Nick Kyrgios 14/1
Rafael Nadal 16/1
Girls’s Singles:
Iga Swiatek 11/5
Aryna Sabalenka 13/2
Jessica Pegula 10/1
Carolina Garcia 10/1
Coco Gauff 11/1
Odds right as of January 13. Topic to alter.
