On the night of January 13-14, Ashgabat time, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, the Australian Open, will start in Melbourne.
On the first day of the competition, the current champions, Belarusian Arina Sabalenka and Serbian Novak Djokovic, will enter the fight.
Djokovic will play against Croatian Dino Prizmic in the opening match. Novak has recently had problems with his wrist, so his form is questionable.
Djokovic's main competitors - Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz and Russian Daniil Medvedev - did not play in official tournaments before the start of the Australian Championship.
In the women's category, Aryna Sabalenka will do everything to defend her title. The draw determined the starting opponent for the second racket of the world in the person of the young talent from Germany Ella Seidel.
Let us remind that the Australian Open will be held from January 14 to 28. This year's prize pool will be more than 57,8 million dollars, up 13 percent from last season's total.