MADRID, 11 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The organizers of the Australian Open, the first ‘Grand Slam’ of the season that begins next Monday, the 17th, announced their heads of series this Tuesday, with the Spanish Garbiñe Muguruza and Rafa Nadal ranked third and sixth, respectively .
In this way, the Spanish-Venezuelan, finalist of the ‘great’ oceanic in 2020, would have a theoretically ‘simpler’ path in the female team, while the Balearic, who did not compete in this appointment with such a ‘low’ ranking since If he did it as the nine in the world in 2017, reaching the final then, he could have some of the favorites in the quarterfinals.
In this sense, the Serbian Novak Djokovic, waiting for what will happen with his presence in the country, the Russian Daniil Medvedev and the German Alexander Zverev are the first three favorites, with the Australian Ashleigh Barty and the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka as the two first seeds in the women’s tournament.
In addition, Paula Badosa will face the Australian Open as the eighth favorite, with Sara Sorribes as the 32nd, and Roberto Bautista (15), Pablo Carreño (19) and Carlos Alcaraz (31) will complete the list of Spanish seeds in this first ‘Grand Slam’.