MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA) (ITALPRESS) – French Hugo Gaston to begin, then possible intersections with Karen Khachanov in the eighth and Ben Shelton in the quarters until a semi-final hypothetical with Novak Djokovic or maybe Lorenzo Musetti. It is the journey that awaits Jannik Sinner to the next Australian Open, after the draw of the first Slam of 2026. The blue, number two of the world and bi-field in office, will begin its path against the 26-year-old French number 94 Atp and already beaten in the two precedents of 2021 in Marseille and Miami. In the second round he could cross the Australian James Duckworth and the third the young Brazilian Fonseca. Remaining in this part of the tabellone, the new Top 5 Lorenzo Musetti, which will begin against the Belgian Raphael Collignon, is projected towards a potential challenge to the octaves with Fritz and the quarters with Djokovic but could see it first with Lorenzo Sonego in the second round, provided that the Piedmontese overcome the first obstacle, the Spanish Carlos Taberner (n.98). Speaking of the Serbian, Nole is on the road to another Italian, the last arrived Francesco Maestrelli, who had to pass the French Atmane could face the former number one in the second round.
Other Italian derbys are not to be excluded since in the same half of tabellones are present Luciano Darderi (debutto contro Garin and possible eighth with Khachanov), Mattia Bellucci (prohibition debut with Casper Ruud) and Luca Nardi (will defeat the qualified Yibing Wu). Flavio Cobolli and Matteo Berrettini, decisive in the last success of ItalDavis, are instead found in the fourth led by Carlos Alcaraz. Unlucky the Roman, semi-finalist in 2022, who immediately catches the beniamino of house and sixth head of series Alex De Minaur while Cobolli fishes a qualified but is projected towards a third round with Alexander Bublik, fresh entry in Top10. It didn’t go well to Matteo Arnaldi who, only Italian in the second quarter – the tabellone section of Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Aliassime – if I saw it immediately with Andrey Rublev. Going back to Alcaraz, who aims to conquer the only Slam he still misses, after the debut with the Australian Walton has on paper a smooth path up to the eighth (Alejandro Davidovich Fokina the most probable opponent), then fourth with one between Bublik and De Minaur and hypothetical semifinal against Zverev, Rublev, Medvedevssime or Auger-A.
Surprised also the female tabellone where Jasmine Paolini, seventh series head, will debut against a qualified but on his way he could cross in the eighth Ekaterina Alexandrova and, above all, Aryna Sabalenka in the quarters. The number one in the world was drawn in the same half of the board that also includes Coco Gauff, Mirra Andreeva and Elina Svitolina, all possible rivals in the semifinals. In the lower part of the draw ended Elisabetta Cocciaretto: for her is the Austrian Julia Grabher and a possible second round with Anna Kalinskaya. To guide this half of Iga Swiatek’s board, which on his way could doversela see with the twice champion of Melbourne Naomi Osaka in the eighth and Elena Rybakina in the quarters. The defending champion Madison Keys ended in the same eighth of Jessica Pegula, with a possible quarter of all-star finals and stripes with Amanda Anisimova.
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