The 2024 Australian Open starts on Sundaya tournament that will once again feature the best players on the planet in search of Novak Djokovic’s throne.
The Serbian defended his title in his favorite Grand Slam, as well as number 1 in the world ranking. With 11,055 points, Nole is 2,200 ahead of his immediate pursuer Carlos Alcaraz (8,855). who, however, depends on himself to regain the privileged position he lost last year precisely on Australian soil.
The accounts for Alcaraz are clear. If he wins the tournament he will automatically become number 1, no matter what Djokovic does. The Murcian is not defending points after retiring last year, so he will add 2,000 if he wins the trophy, leaving his score at 10,855.
For his part, Djokovic will lose at least 700 points if he fails to win the titlebecause if he reaches the final he will add 1,300 when he defends 2,000 of his title from last year.
It’s too easy for easy calculation, because if none of them won the tournament then things will be complicated. If they both fall in the same round, the Serbian gets to keep number 1, so The Spaniard needs to go further than his rival, specifically he needs to get 200 more points than him.
That means reaching at least the quarterfinals, as long as Djokovic doesn’t reach the round of 16.. From there it is enough to reach another round. That means, if he reaches the semifinals and Nole reaches the quarterfinals, he will be number 1, as would be the case if he reaches the final and the Serbian does not.
We remember that Alcaraz will start his way against Frenchman Richard Gasquethe faces either the British Daniel Evans or the Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the second round and could face a hypothetical round of 16 against one of the players who has caused him the most problems in recent times, the American Tommy Paul (14 ), in the quarterfinals to Alexander Zverev (6)architect of Germany’s victory in the United Cup and in the semifinals with Daniil Medvedev (2)his executioner in the semifinals of the last US Open.
For his part, Djokovic will begin his title defense against Croatian Dino Prizmica young 18-year-old tennis player from the qualification stage.
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 loss 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 the Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas (7) and in the semifinals with the Italian Jannik Sinner (4).
Source: La Verdad
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