Superstars avoid early duel

Novak Djokovic can exhale. Jannik Sinner too. The two tennis giants face each other in the Australian Open at the earliest in a potential final.

» Published: January 09 2025

Superstars avoid early duel
Photo: Pat Hoelscher/AP/TT

The draw was clear early on Thursday. When Djokovic and Sinner met in the semifinal of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne last year, Sinner took home the match with 3–1.

For the Italian world number one, who won the Australian Open 2024, Chilean Nicolas Jarry awaits in the first round, and among potential opponents on the way to the final are, among others, Taylor Fritz, Ben Shelton, and Daniil Medvedev.

Djokovic, on the other hand, has Carlos Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev to look forward to if he were to go far in the tournament.

On the women's side, world number one and title defender Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus faces a tough challenge already in match one, where she is pitted against American Sloane Stephens, who won the US Open in 2017.

If Sabalenka were to reach the semifinal, she could meet American Coco Gauff, who in turn could face compatriots Sofia Kenin and Jessica Pegula, the latter ranked as the seventh best in the world.

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