A wonderful lineup of intriguing first round matches at the year’s first Grand Slam tournament…
The “chosen one” Jannik Sinner begins his first major as a strong favorite vs the dangerous floater Botic van de Zandschulp.
The 36 year old ten time King of Melbourne Novak Djokovic opens vs the highly touted Croatian 18 year qualifer Dino Prizmic.
Struggling and disappointing 17 seed Frances Tiafoe, now without coach Wayne Ferreira, has a complicated first rounder vs Borna Coric.
Former AO champ and wildcard Caroline Wozniacki continues her comeback vs. 20 seed Magda Linette. Her comments this week about Serena being better than anyone in this era might give Linette and other extra motivation to make Caro eat those words.
16 year olds Korneeva and B Fruhvirtova are in action after both qualified (vs Tormo and Bogdan, respectively).
American Amanda Anisimova will use her PR to try to rebuild her ranking after the 9 month hiatus, vs Russian 15 year old Liudmila Samsonova, the 13 seed.
Anisimova · AO · Australian Open · Djokovic · Tiafoe
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<< The Supreme Class of Djokovic On Display Tonight Vs Prizmic
Scoop Malinowski · January 14, 2024 at 7:47 am
Djokovic edges this 18 yr old teen phenom Dino Prizmix 62 67 64 63 but he needed 5 mps at the end to finish it and Dino fought back from a bear 0-4 deficit. Djokovic deflected all applause to Dino after the match, pointing at Dino after giving him some high praise words at net. It was another golden moment created by Djokovic. Courier asked his first question about Dino and Djokovic rambled for about a minute, saying Dino will do big things in the future. Djokovic also acknowledged his old coach Andre Agassi in the front row and longtime friend Justin Gimelstob who is with Agassi on a business trip. Anisimova upset Samsonova 6364. James Blake seems confused by Tiafoe replacing coach Ferreira with Diego Moyano, who emphasizes hard work but never was an ATP player.