Nick Kyrgios is arguably Australia’s finest likelihood at Grand Slam success following his monumental 2022.
But he’s going to must do it the exhausting approach after seedings for the 2023 Australian Open have been unveiled forward of the official draw.
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Wimbledon’s resolution to ban Russian and Belarussian gamers has value Kyrgios dearly with the Canberra native being handed the twentieth seed, marginally forward of his doubles associate Thanasi Kokkinakis who’s the twenty third seed.
The 27-year-old Kyrgios would have been a lot larger than 20 if not for Wimbledon having been stripped of its factors.
He’s not the one Aussie to endure from the choice as Australia’s primary feminine participant fell out of the seedings solely.
Ajla Tomljanovic produced a surprising 2022 marketing campaign, however a minor harm which pressured her to overlook the United Cup has value her.
If the seedings and draw have been accomplished in the beginning of the yr, Tomljanovic would have been in however ultimately she missed out by two rating spots.
With a number of high-profile withdrawals, Tomljanovic might be hoping for just a few extra to fall out in any other case she’ll be liable to being drawn towards a high seed within the opening spherical.
The Australian Open draw for 2023 will happen at the moment at 3pm (AEDT)
The good news for Kyrgios and Kokkinakis nevertheless is they can’t face a fellow top-32 seed till the third spherical and neither can face a top-eight seed till the fourth spherical.
AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2023 SEEDINGS
Men: 1. Rafael Nadal, 2. Casper Ruud, 3. Stefanos Tsitsipas, 4. Novak Djokovic, 5. Andrey Rublev, 6. Felix Auger-Aliassime, 7. Daniil Medvedev, 8. Taylor Fritz, 9. Holger Rune, 10. Hubert Hurkacz, 11. Cameron Norrie, 12. Alexander Zverev, 13. Matteo Berrettini, 14. Pablo Carreno Busta, 15. Jannik Sinner, 16. Frances Tiafoe, 17. Marin Cilic, 18. Lorenzo Musetti, 19. Karen Khachanov, 20. Nick Kyrgios, 21. Denis Shapovalov, 22. Borna Coric, 23. Alex de Minaur, 24. Diego Schwartzman, 25. Roberto Bautista Agut, 26. Dan Evans, 27. Miomir Kecmanovic, 28. Grigor Dimitrov, 29. Francisco Cerundolo, 30. Sebastian Korda, 31. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, 32. Yoshihito Nishioka
Women: 1. Iga Swiatek, 2. Ons Jabeur, 3. Jessica Pegula, 4. Caroline Garcia, 5. Aryna Sabalenka, 6. Maria Sakkari, 7. Coco Gauff, 8. Daria Kasatkina, 9. Veronika Kudermetova,
10. Madison Keys, 11. Paula Badosa, 12. Belinda Bencic, 13. Danielle Collins, 14. Beatriz Haddad Maia, 15. Petra Kvitova, 16. Anett Kontaveit, 17. Jelena Ostapenko, 18. Liudmila Samsonova, 19. Ekaterina Alexandrova, 20. Barbora Krejcikova, 21. Martina Trevisan, 22. Elena Rybakina, 23. Zhang Shuai, 24. Victoria Azarenka, 25. Maria Bouzkova, 26. Elise Mertens, 27. Irina-Camelia Begu, 28. Amanda Anisimova, 29. Zheng Qinwen, 30. Karolina Pliskova, 31. Kaia Kanepi, 32. Jil Teichmann.
You can watch the official Australian Open draw unfold stay on the event’s official YouTube channel.
