Australian Open It’s here because the first Grand Slam of the year is happening in Melbourne.
Emma Reducanu Will faces a fitness battle to play after being forced to retire at the ASB Classic in Auckland after rolling his ankle. The British No. 1 hopes to avoid the tournament already becoming the latest star name, which includes Naomi Osaka More, Carlos Alcaraz and Venus Williams.
There will be a new Women’s Champion after Ashley Barty, who defeated Danielle Collins last year, made the surprising move to retire. There could be another famous chapter between the defending champions Rafael Nadal And Novak DjokovikThe one who is back in fine form after being exiled last year over his Covid vaccine status winning the adelaide international,
Rafael Nadal came back from two sets down to defeat Daniil Medvedev and win his 21st Grand Slam title.
Here’s all you need to know about the Australian Open,
When is the Australian Open?
Melbourne Park hosts the Grand Slam with the first day on Monday 16 January 16 and the final day on Sunday 29 January
When is the Australian Open draw and how does it work?
Draw on Thursday 12 January at 3pm local time (4am BST)
The draw will operate in a traditional format: unseeded players will be allocated to a bracket before the start of the two top-ranked players at each end to ensure a possible final.
The remaining seeded players are then randomly drawn from a pot, with the seeded players avoiding each other until the third round.
How to watch Australian Open 2023
You can watch the Australian Open live in the UK on Eurosport. The action will be broadcast on Eurosport’s TV channels, or fans can watch it Discovery+ To stream tournaments where Entertainment & Sport Pass is available £6.99/month or £59.99/year,
Meanwhile, ESPN holds the rights in the US.
How to watch Australian Open 2023 draw
You can watch the draw live Official YouTube Channel of the Australian Open,
seed
men’s singles
1. Rafael Nadal
2. Casper Rude
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas
4. Novak Djokovic
5. Andrey Rublev
6. Felix Auger-Aliassim
7. Daniil Medvedev
8. Taylor Fritz
9. Holger Rune
10. Hubert Hurcz
11. Cameron Norrie
12. Alexander Zverev
13. Matteo Berretini
14. Pablo Carreno Busta
15. Genital Sinner
16. Frances Tiafoe
17. Marin Cilic
18. Lorenzo Musetti
19. Karen Khachanov
20. Nick Kyrgios
21. Denis Shapovalov
22. Borna Couric
23. Alex De Minaur
24. Diego Schwartzman
25. Roberto Bautista Agut
26. Daniel Evans
27. Miomir Kekamanovic
28. Grigor Dimitrov
29. Francisco Cerundolo
30. Sebastian Korda
31. Alexander Davidovich Fokina
32. Yoshihito Nishioka
women’s singles
1. Har Swotec
2. Our Jabur
3. Jessica Pegula
4. Caroline Garcia
5. Aryan Sabalenka
6. Maria Sakkari
7. Coco Gauff
8. Daria Kasatkina
9. Veronika Kudermetova
10. Madison Keys
11. Paula Badosa
12. Belinda Bencic
13. Danielle Collins
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia
15. Petra Kvitova
16.. Annette Kontaveit
17. Jelena Ostapenko
18. Lyudmila Samsonova
19. Ekaterina Alexandrova
20. Barbora Krejcikova
21. Martina Trevisan
22. Elena Rybakina
23. Zhang Shuai
24. Victoria Azarenka
25. Marie Buzkova
26. Alice Mertens
27. Irina-Camelia Begu
28. Amanda Anisimova
29. Zheng Qinwen
30. Karolina Pliskova
31. Caia Cannabis
32. Jill Teachman
odds
via Betfair
men’s singles
- Novak Djokovic 10/11
- Daniil Medvedev 5/1
- Rafael Nadal 12/1
- Nick Kyrgios 12/1
- Felix Auger Aliasim 14/1
- Jannik Sinner 20/1
- Holger Rune 22/1
- Casper Rude 25/1
- Taylor Fritz 33/1
- Matteo Berrettini 40/1
- Sebastian Korda 50/1
- Alexander Zverev 50/1
- Andrey Rublev 60/1
- Cameron Norrie 66/1
women’s singles
- each swotec 7/4
- Aryana Sabalenka 10/1
- Caroline Garcia 11/1
- Jessica Pegula 11/1
- Our Jabur 12/1
- Coco Gauff 16/1
- Elena Rybakina 17/1
- Barbora Krejcikova 18/1
- Veronika Kudermetova 25/1
- Maria Sakkari 30/1
- Belinda Bencic 30/1
- Lyudmila Samsonova – 33/1
- Linda Noskova 33/1
- Qinwen Zheng 35/1
- Madison Keys 40/1
- Danielle Collins 40/1
- Beatriz Haddad Maia 40/1
- Emma Reducanu 50/1
- Victoria Azarenka 50/1
- Marka Vondrousova 50/1
- Leyla Fernandez 55/1