The new edition of the Australian Open starts on Sunday. Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka will try to defend their champion titles before a huge list of candidates eager to be crowned at the first Grand Slam of the season.
In the absence of competition starting, Both took advantage of this Thursday to participate in a charity exhibition held at the Rod Laver Arena that left us with happy moments.
The Serbian and the Belarusian They are a couple in the doubles match against Greeks Stefanos Tsitsipas and Maria Sakkariand the joke is the dominant note.
The climactic moment came when the match had to be interrupted due to Sabalenka’s laughter. The reason? The butt movement of the world number 1.
Dedicated to the show, Nole once again showed his brilliance which also caused laughter from his rivals and the thousands of fans who filled the stands.
Djokovic will begin his Australian Open title defense against a tennis player from the previous round after luck was on their side in the draw celebration that took place in the main press room at Melbourne Park.
In the second round they will face the winner of the Australian duel between guest Marc Polmans and Alexei Popyrin.
The Serbian, who arrived in Melbourne with some discomfort in his right wrist which affected him in his defeat against Australian Alex De Minaur (10) in the United Cup, He will face American Ben Shelton (16) in a hypothetical round of 16.in the quarterfinals with Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) and in the semifinals with Italian Jannik Sinner (4).
For her part, Sabalenka will debut against a player from the qualifying phaseand may face in the next rounds the Russian Liudmila Samsonova (13) in the fourth round, the Tunisian Ons Jabeur (6) in the quarterfinals and the American Coco Gauff (4) in the semifinals.
Source: La Verdad

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