There are thirteen Spanish tennis players appearing in the individual main draws, men’s and women’s, of the 2023 Australian Open, which will be held in Melbourne from January 16 to 29.
Nine players went straight into the men’s competition, with none able to carve out a niche by qualifying.
Yes, the Cantabrian passed the qualy Cristina Bucsawhich completes the female participation of four units, as they expect in the box Paula Badosa, Garbiñe Muguruza and Nuria Parrizas.
In front, the reigning champion Rafael Nadal, with a record in addition to 22 Grand Slam titles. He will make his debut against the Australian Jack Draperin a complex path that shows Frances Tiafoe, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Novak Djokovicin this order, in a bid for the third crown.
Nadal starts as the first seed, which is fourteenth Pablo Carrenowho will meet again in the quarterfinals with Novak Djokovic, whom he defeated for the bronze fight at the Tokyo 2022 Games. The Asturian was also a direct witness to the Serbian’s disqualification from the US Open 2020, for hitting a linesman.
‘Nole’ will open his comeback edition of the tournament, after being deported from the country twelve months ago, against the man from Granada. Roberto Carballes.
Also the path of Paula Badosa, the best-ranked Spaniard so far and eleventh seed, is showing difficulties. It starts with American Cathy McNally. One of his best friends, Coco Gauff, will be waiting in the round of 16. In the next round, the world number 1, Iga Swiatek.
Garbine Muguruza he fell in the rankings, even among the seeded teams. This means that she starts against a seeded player, the Belgian Elise Mertens (26). Belarusian Ayrna Sabalenka will appear early in the third heat.
Melbourne Park opens its doors to host the first Grand Slam of the season, in the Australian summer.
Open Australia: The 1st round of the Spanish players
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Rafael Nadal (Span/1)-Jack Draper (GBR)
Jaume Munar (Esp)-Dalibor Svrcina (Che)
Karen Khachanov (Rus)-Bernabé Zapata (Esp)
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol/10)-Pedro Martínez (Esp)
Maxime Cressy (USA)-Albert Ramos (Esp)
Pablo Carreño (Span/14)-Pedro Cachín (Arg)
Roberto Carballés (Esp)-Novak Djokovic (Srb/4)
Joao Sousa (Por)-Roberto Bautista (Span/24)
Alejandro Davidovich (Esp/30)-Alexander Bublik (Kaz)
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Cristina Bucsa (Esp/Q)-Eva Lys (Ale/Q)
Paula Badosa (Span/11)-Catherine McNally (USA)
Garbiñe Muguruza (Esp)-Elise Mertens (Bel/26)
Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra/14)-Nuria Parrizas (Esp)
Source: La Verdad
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