MADRID, 13 One. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The American tennis player Marcos Giron and the French Clara Burel will be the first rivals of the Spaniards Rafa Nadal and Garbiñe Muguruza in the Australian Open, the first ‘Grand Slam’ that begins on Monday, while the Serbian Novak Djokovic, awaiting to know if he can play or not finally, he would face his compatriot Kecmanovic.
The draw for the ‘big’ oceanic, which is still marked by the confirmation of whether the world’s number one will be able to contest it, drew a complicated path for the sixth-seeded Balearic Islands, who fell precisely on the same side of the table as Belgrade , with which he would face in a theoretical semifinals.
However, there is still a long way to go for that duel and before that, the champion in Melbourne in 2009 will have a debut against the American Marcos Giron, number 66 in the ATP world rankings and whom he has never faced before. From there, on his way to the quarterfinals, where the German Alexander Zverev, third seed, would await him, dangerous rivals such as the Russians Karen Kachanov and Aslan Karatsev or the Pole Hubert Hurckaz.
In addition, the Castellón Roberto Bautista, the fifteenth seed, will make his debut against the Italian Stefano Travaglia, while the Asturian Pablo Carreño (19) and the Murcian Carlos Alcaraz (31) must wait for their rivals from the previous phase.
For her part, the Hispanic-Venezuelan tennis player Garbiñe Muguruza, finalist in 2020 of the first ‘big’ of the year and seed number three, had a rather complex journey on her way to the final rounds.
The ‘teacher’ of 2021 will have an affordable start against the French Clara Burel, 78 of the world and who has never been measured, but in the second round she could already run into the Romanian Simona Halep or the young British Emma Raducanu, current champion of the United States Open.
In the quarterfinals, her theoretical rival would be the Estonian Anett Kontaveit, whom she defeated for the title in the WTA Finals, and in the semifinals the Australian and world number one, Ashleigh Barty, who has a possible cross on her way in the fourth round. with the Japanese and current champion, Naomi Osaka.
In addition, the Catalan Paula Badosa, who starts as the eighth seed, will debut in Melbourne with the local Ajla Tomljanovic, whom she has defeated this week in Sydney and in the second round she could have as a rival the American Sofia Kenin, champion in 2020 The Castellón Sara Sorribes, favorite number 32 and who will start against the Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, is also on her way to this fourth round