The Australian Open has copped a good few withdrawals in latest days with Naomi Osaka the newest huge identify to tug out by damage.
Osaka, who has not performed since September joins Carlos Alcaraz and Venus Williams on the casualty checklist.
Simona Halep, at the moment serving a ban for a failed doping check, won’t be in Melbourne and neither will Venus Williams who just lately handed again a wildcard for the opening slam of the yr.
Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from lead up tournaments citing damage whereas a cloud additionally hangs over Rafa Nadal, Iga Swiatek and Emma Raducanu.
AUS OPEN DRAW 2023 IS ON THURSDAY JAN 12 AT 3PM (AEDT)
Given Alcaraz’s absence, defending champion Nadal goes into the event as the boys’s high seed whereas Swiatek – if match – would be the ladies’s No 1.
Novak Djokovic returns to Melbourne Park trying to safe an unprecedented tenth Aus Open title.
Twelve months on from his notorious deportation saga, the Serbian made a successful return to Australia after saving a match level en path to claiming the Adelaide Worldwide title in a 6-7 (8), 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory over American Sebastian Korda.
Earlier than his opening conflict in Melbourne, Djokovic will play a charity match in opposition to Australia’s Nick Kyrgios on Friday at 6:30PM AEDT.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2023 PREDICTED MEN’S SEEDS
1. Rafael Nadal
2. Casper Ruud
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas
4. Novak Djokovic
5. Andrey Rublev
6. Felix Auger-Aliassime
7. Daniil Medvedev
8. Taylor Fritz
9. Holger Rune
10. Hubert Hurkacz
11. Cameron Norrie
12. Alexander Zverev
13. Matteo Berrettini
14. Pablo Carreno Busta
15. Jannik Sinner
16. Frances Tiafoe
17. Marin Cilic
18. Lorenzo Musetti
19. Karen Khachanov
20. Nick Kyrgios
21. Denis Shapovalov
22. Borna Corc
23. Alex de Minaur
24. Diego Schwartzman
25. Roberto Bautista Agut
26. Dan Evans
27. Miomir Kecmanovic
28. Grigor Dimitrov
29. Francisco Cerundolo
30. Sebasitian Korda
31. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
32. Yoshihito Nishioka
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2023 PREDICTED WOMEN’S SEEDS
1. Iga Swiatek
2. Ons Jabeur
3. Jessica Pegula
4. Caroline Garcia
5. Aryna 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. Anett Kontaveit
17. Jelena Ostapenko
18. Liudmila Samsonova
19. Ekaterina Alexandrova
20. Barbora Krejcikova
21. Martina Trevisan
22. Elena Rybakina
23. Zhang Shuai
24. Victoria Azarenka
25. Maria Bouzkova
26. Elise Mertens
27. Irina-Camelia Begu
28. Amanda Anisimova
29. Zheng Qinwen
30. Karolina Pliskova
31. Kaia Kanepi
32. Jil Teichmann
Initially printed as Australian Open 2023 draw, time, date: Nick Kyrgios, Novak Djokovic, schedule
