Djokovic finally knows who his first opponent will be at the Australian Open

This Thursday the draws for the 2024 Australian Open were announced. The draw paired Carlos Alcaraz with Richard Gasquet in the first roundbut Novak Djokovic was left without knowing who his first opponent would be, as he was paired with an opponent from the qualifying phase.

Well, this Friday the qualification phase ended and all the classifieds have been placed in the draw. In the end it was the Croatian Dino Prizmic who faced number 1 in the world in a match that everyone indicated would be played on the first day of the tournament, on Sunday the 14th.

This is an 18-year-old young man ranked 178th in the world ranking. and he will reach the most important event of his career after defeating the Argentine Navone (5-7, 6-3, 6-2), his compatriot Ajdukovic (7-5, 6-0) and the Tunisian Dougaz in the previous round. (6-3, 6-4).

In the second round they can face the winner of the Australian duel between the visitors 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).

It is the first time in his career that the reigning champion is not among his main historical rivals, Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer, in the final draw of the Australian Open.

The champion of ten editions of the Australian tournament and 24 majors He will have the opportunity to widen the gap in slam crowns with respect to Nadal (22) and Federer (20).