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Tuesday’s Final Word – HotAir
Felix Auger-Aliassime is the biggest casualty of the Australian Open after the first round of the tournament as the seventh seed retired after suffering with cramp. The Canadian, who reached the semi-finals of the US Open last season, was trailing Portugal’s Nuno Borges 3-6 6-4 6-4 when he retired.
Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are the top seeds for the tournament, with Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek the second seeds as the first grand slam of the year gets underway.
Alcaraz and Sinner could become the first men to play in four consecutive grand slam finals since Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal did so between 2011 and 2012. Alcaraz is bidding for his first Australian Open title – which would make the youngest man of all time to complete the career grand slam – while Sinner is on for a hat-trick of titles in Melbourne.
Sabalenka, the US Open champion, and Swiatek, the Wimbledon champion, have yet to meet in a grand slam final. Swiatek is also an Australian Open title away from completing the career grand slam while Sabalenka will be out to regain her crown after a shock defeat to Madison Keys in last year’s final.
Elsewhere, Coco Gauff begins the opening grand slam of the year as the third seed, with defending champion Keys ninth on the women’s side. Djokovic, the record 10-time champion in Melbourne, is seeded fourth on the men’s side and would expect to face Sinner in the semi-finals if he gets there.
Men’s seeds
1. Carlos Alcaraz
Plays second round vs. Yannick Hanfmann
2. Jannik Sinner
Plays second round vs. James Duckworth [WC]
3. Alexander Zverev
Plays second round vs. Alexandre Müller
4. Novak Djokovic
Plays second round vs. Francesco Maestrelli [Q]
5. Lorenzo Musetti
Plays second round vs. Lorenzo Sonego
6. Alex de Minaur
Second round vs. Hamad Medjedovic
❌ 7. Felix Auger-Aliassime – knocked out first round by Nuno Borges, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 0-0, ret.
8. Ben Shelton
Plays second round vs. Dane Sweeny [Q]
9. Taylor Fritz
Plays second round vs. Vít Kopriva
10. Alexander Bublik
Plays second round vs. Márton Fucsovics
11. Daniil Medvedev
Plays second round vs. Quentin Halys
12. Casper Ruud
Plays second round vs. Jaume Munar
13. Andrey Rublev
✅ Won second round vs. Jaime Faria [Q]
14. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Plays second round vs. Reilly Opelka
15. Karen Khachanov
Plays second round vs. Nishesh Basavareddy [Q]
16. Jakub Mensik
Plays second round vs. Rafael Jódar [Q]
❌ 17. Jiri Lehecka – knocked out first round vs Arthur Gea [Q]
18. Francisco Cerundolo
✅ Won second round vs. Damir Džumhur
19. Tommy Paul
✅ Won second round vs. Thiago Agustín Tirante
❌ 20. Flavio Cobolli – knocked out first round vs Arthur Fery [Q] , 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-1
21. Denis Shapovalov
Plays second round vs. Marin Cilic
22. Luciano Darderi
Plays second round vs. Sebastián Báez
❌ 23. Tallon Griekspoor – knocked out first round vs Ethan Quinn
❌ 24. Arthur Rinderknech – knocked out first round vs Fabian Marozsan, 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4.
25. Learner Tien
Plays second round vs. Alexander Shevchenko
26. Cameron Norrie
Plays second round vs. Emilio Nava
❌ 27. Brandon Nakashima – knocked out first round vs Botic van de Zandschulp
❌ 28. Joao Fonseca – knocked out first round vs Eliot Spizzirri
29. Frances Tiafoe
Plays second round vs. Francisco Comesana
30. Valentin Vacherot
Plays second round vs. Rinky Hijikata [WC]
31. Stefanos Tsitsipas
Plays second round vs. Tomas Machac
32. Corentin Moutet
Plays second round vs. Michael Zheng [Q]
Women’s seeds
1. Aryna Sabalenka
✅ Won second round vs. Bai Zhuoxuan [Q]
2. Iga Swiatek
Second round vs. Marie Bouzkova
3. Coco Gauff
Plays second round vs. Olga Danilovic
4. Amanda Anisimova
Plays second round vs. Katerina Siniakova
5. Elena Rybakina
Plays second round vs. Varvara Gracheva
6. Jessica Pegula
Plays second round vs. McCartney Kessler
7. Jasmine Paolini
Plays second round vs. Magdalena Frech
8. Mirra Andreeva
Plays second round vs. Maria Sakkari
9. Madison Keys
Plays second round vs. Ashlyn Krueger
10. Belinda Bencic
Plays second round vs. Nikola Bartunkova [Q]
❌ 11. Ekaterina Alexandrova – knocked out in first round by Zeynep Sonmez [Q] 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
12. Elina Svitolina
✅ Won second round vs. Linda Klimovičová [Q]
13. Linda Noskova
Plays second round vs. Taylah Preston [WC]
14. Clara Tauson
Plays second round vs. Polina Kudermetova
❌ 15. Emma Navarro – knocked out in first round by Magda Linette, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
16. Naomi Osaka
Plays second round vs. Sorana Cîrstea
17. Victoria Mboko
Plays second round vs. Caty McNally
❌ 18. Liudmila Samsonova – knocked out first round by Laura Siegemund, 0-6, 7-5, 6-4.
19. Karolina Muchova
Plays second round vs. Alycia Parks
❌ 20. Marta Kostyuk – knocked out first round by Elsa Jacquemot, 6-7 7-6 7-6
21. Elise Mertens
Plays second round vs. Moyuka Uchijima
❌ 22. Leylah Fernandez – knocked out first round vs Janice Tjen
23. Diana Shnaider
✅ Won second round vs. Talia Gibson [WC]
24. Jelena Ostapenko
Plays second round vs. Wang Xinyu
25. Paula Badosa
Plays second round vs. Oksana Selekhmeteva
❌ 26. Dayana Yastremska – knocked out first round by Elena-Gabriela Ruse, 6-4, 7-5
❌ 27. Sofia Kenin – knocked out first round by Peyton Stearns, 6-3, 6-2.
28. Emma Raducanu
Plays second round vs. Anastasia Potapova
29. Iva Jovic
Plays second round vs. Priscilla Hon [WC]
❌ 30. Maya Joint – knocked out first round vs Tereza Valentova
31. Anna Kalinskaya
Plays second round vs. Julia Grabher
❌ 32. Marketa Vondrousova – withdrew before first round vs Hailey Baptiste
Is the Australian Open on TV?
The tournament will be shown live on TNT Sports in the UK as well as online on Discovery+.
In the US, it will be shown live on ESPN and Tennis Channel.
