The Australian Tennis Open began on Monday with the qualifications without incident for the second round of the Spaniard Rafael Nadal, the Russian Daniil Medvedev or the Greek Stéfanos Tsitsipás.
Novak Djokovic must make his entry into the running on Tuesday. The Serb is making a comeback to Australia following being kicked out of the country last year for refusing to be vaccinated once morest Covid-19.
Novak Djokovic had already said to himself “a little moved” following receiving a warm welcome on Friday in an exhibition match in Melbourne where he faced a sold-out Nick Kyrgios.
He had also been well received by the Australian public when he won the Adelaide warm-up tournament last week.
In the women’s draw, world number one Iga Świątek has already qualified for the second round. The Polish will try to win her first Australian Open following two victories at Roland-Garros and one at the US Open.
