Rafael Nadal36 years old and world number two, will begin the defense of the Australian Open title on Monday 16 at Rod Laver Arena, the center court of Melbourne Park, where he came back from two sets down against Russian Daniil Medvedev to win this tournament for the second time.first Grand Slam of the season.
After complications due to a double abdominal tear, at Wimbledon and at the US Open, with almost no matches or wins, the picture is difficult for the tennis player with 22 Grand Slam crowns.
At first, the British Jack Draper, a 21-year-old rookie number 40 in the world. A left-handed ‘gunner’ without complexes and with a lot of potential in a day of victories, who this week made it to the semifinals at the ATP in Adelaide. It will be tested for the first time with Rafa Nadal.
The party has an official schedule. On the opening day of the 2023 Australian Open it’s the turn of the upper part of the main draw, led by Rafa Nadal.
It will be no earlier than 2:30 pm in Melbourne, 04:30 am Spanish morning from Sunday to Monday. Eurosport will televise it and you can also follow it live on the Mundo Deportivo website.
Match schedule for Monday 16 at center court
01:00 Spanish peninsular time
Katerina Siniakova (Che)-Coco Gauff (USA/7)
Yue Yuan (Chn)-Maria Sakkari (Gre/6)
(not before 04:30 hours)
Rafael Nadal (Span/1)-Jack Draper (GBR)
(not before 09:00 hours)
Iga Swiatek (Pol/1)-Jule Niemeier (Ale)
Marcos Giron (USA)-Daniil Medvedev (Russian/1)
Source: La Verdad
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