‘Australian Open man’ Novak Djokovic (5th place, Serbia) won his 10th career victory at this year’s Australian Open tennis tournament (total prize money of 76.5 million Australian dollars, about 66.26 billion won) and returned to the top of the world rankings, major tournament He goes on a hunt for the ‘three rabbits’, including the record for the most wins.
Djokovic aims to win his 10th career title at the first major tournament of the season, the Australian Open, which opens in Melbourne, Australia on the 16th.
Djokovic, who holds the record for the most wins (9 times) in the men’s singles in this tournament, was unable to participate in the Australian Open last year because he was not vaccinated against the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), but this year he will challenge to regain supremacy in two years.
If Djokovic, who achieved three consecutive victories in this tournament from 2019 to 2021, wins this year, he will return to the top of the world rankings, and tied for first place with Rafael Nadal (2nd, Spain) in the category of winning the most men’s singles in major tournaments (22 times) ) becomes
Djokovic meets Roberto Carballes Baena (75th, Spain) in the first round.
The match against Grigor Dimitrov (29th, Bulgaria) in the 3rd round is expected to be the first hurdle.
As a result of this tournament, other than Djokovic, there are Casper Ruud (3rd place, Norway) and Stefanos Tsitsipas (4th place, Greece).
Tsitsipas and Djokovic need to win to become world number one.
If Rude wins, or if Tsitsipas or Djokovic fail to advance to the finals, he becomes world number one just by reaching the finals.
However, if none of the above scenarios materialize, Carlos Alcaras (Spain), who currently ranks first, may remain at the top.
Alkaras is absent from the tournament due to an injury.
In addition, Nadal, who is currently ranked second, cannot become number one even if he wins the Australian Open for the second time in a row following last year.
In the first round, Rude will play Thomas Machach (115th, Czech Republic) and Tsitsipas with Cantin Alice (64th, France) in the first round, respectively.
In the case of women’s singles, the current No. 1 Iga Sibiongtech (Poland) can continue to keep the No. 1 position regardless of the Australian Open result.
Sibiong Tech’s ranking points are 11,025 points, which is more than twice the 5,140 points of second place Ounce Jaber (Tunisia).
Javert, who was unable to appear at the Australian Open last year due to injury, won this year and added 2,000 ranking points, and even if Sibiong Tech is eliminated in the first round, the first and second place rankings do not change.
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