Paula Badosa starts next week a 2025 season full of challenges and illusions. After 2024 in which he managed to get out of the hole to return to the elite of world tennis, the Catalan will make his debut this season at the Brisbane tournament, whose draw was held this Saturday.
As the fourth seed, they are exempt from playing in the first round, so their first match won’t come until Monday or Tuesday. It was against the winner of the match between the Armenian Elina Avanesyan and the Slovak Rebecca Sramkovatwo rivals a priori affordable for the player from Begur.
Difficulties will come in the next round, the round of 16, when Ons Jabeur may cross his path. The Tunisian, after a few difficult months with poor results, is not seeded, and will start his journey against the Chinese Saisai Zheng. If she wins, her second opponent will be Russian Ekaterina Alexandrova, seeded number 14.
If she makes her debut and the round of 16, the intense emotions will continue for Badosa, who will meet Mirra Andreeva, the revelation of last season, in the quarterfinals, and with Aryna Sabalenka in the semifinals.
On the other side of the picture, The top favorites to reach the final are American Emma Navarro (2) and Russians Daria Kasatkina (3) and Diana Shnaider (5).
In the men’s draw, Novak Djokovic is the big attraction after months off the court. The Serbian, first seeded, will debut against Australian Rinky Hijikata, with Gael Monfils a possible opponent in the round of 16 and Alexei Popyrin as a major threat in the quarterfinals.
The great rivalry of the tournament, against Kyrgios, could take place in the semifinalsprovided that the Australian, who reappeared after a blank in 2024 due to injuries, first surpassed the Frenchman Mpetshi Perricard and the American Frances Tiafoe.
Grigor Dimitrov (2), Holger Rune (3) and Matteo Berrettini are the most prominent players in the lower part of the draw.
Source: La Verdad
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