He Australian Open 2024 This Sunday, January 14, it will open the advanced opening, winning in one day as Roland Garros did before. There will be fifteen working days to form the teams until the end of the first Grand Slam of the season on Sunday, January 28.
The Serbian Novak Djokovichistoric ten-time champion, and the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenkawill defend their respective titles at Melbourne Park.
Sports temperatures rise as the big day approaches. Tennis Australia (TA) managed to heat up the atmosphere by creating a last week full of preparatory matches with numbers like Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz or the place Alex de Minaurpointed as hope after entering the world top-10 and beating the Serbian, in the United Cup, and the Spanish, in a friendly played at Rod Laver Arena, the main stadium of Melbourne Park, in recent weeks.
The is burning Australian Openwhere multicolored and multi-origin fans give a special color to an event of extreme temperature changes and which begins to reveal the questions that the world of tennis itself has been forming since the end of the previous course, not so much away, and this quick start of the campaign.
To heat up the atmosphere a little, the announcement from tennis players who are not so relevant but announce that there will be shocks for the best. Past ATP and WTA tournaments have produced surprising champions on the eve of the Australian Open.
The Czech Jiri Leheckathe Chilean Alejandro Tabilo and the American Emma Navarro They opened their respective honors on the main professional circuit. The former queen of Roland Garros, the Latvian, appears on the list of winners more normally Jelena Ostapenkocandidate for important rounds of the Open.
Lehecka22 years old and world no. Jack Draper, by 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3. The Czech thing, advised by Tomas Berdychit was seen coming, it was a matter of time since he appeared in society, reaching the quarterfinals of the 2023 Australian Open.
It is not included in any forecast that the Chilean Alejandro Tabilo He debuted his ATP record at the ATP in Auckland. At 26 years old and world No. 82, he took advantage of an open draw against Japanese Taro Daniel, 6-2 and 7-5.
In the doubles final, the Spanish Marcel Granollers and the Argentine Horacio Zeballos They lost to Dutch Wesley Koolhof and Croatian Nikola Metkic 6-3, 6-7 (5) and 10-7.
At the WTA in Hobart, surprise for the American Emma Navarro although at 22 years old he maintains an interesting development. He will improve on his current 31st place in the world rankings after defeating the Belgian veteran in the final Elise Mertens by 6-1, 4-6 and 7-5.
At the WTA 500 in Adelaide, Jelena Ostapenko26 years old and number 12, warned for the Open, beating the Russian in the final Daria Kasatkina by 6-3 and 6-2.
Tennis players are in shape, although it’s quite another to compete in a Grand Slam surrounded by stars who prefer to dose themselves a week before such a relevant tournament.
Source: La Verdad
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