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Richard Berankis (72nd in the world rankings) was supposed to smile on Friday when he found out who he would play in the first round of the Australian Open.
The first opponent is seen and defeated. And more recently.
This is a 23-year-old Indian Sumitas Nagalas (139), with whom a 30-year-old Lithuanian played two weeks ago in a minor tournament in Melbourne.
In the first round of the Myrray River Open, Berankis beat the Indian tennis player 6: 2, 6: 2.
So far in his career, the Indian has risen to 122nd position. S. Nagal won the majority of his career victories on the ATP Challenger Tour.
Berankis is still playing at the Myrray River Open, and is still awaiting a final eighth match, which has been postponed from Thursday, when a total of 500 people died due to a positive test from a security guard in a bubble in Melbourne. .
The current tournament with 300 thousand. The € 45 million prize fund is just a warm-up against the Australian Open, with a prize pool of € 45 million. euros.
In the tournament that kicks off on February 8 in Melbourne, R. Berankis will have a good chance of crossing the first stage, but the second may be much more difficult.
If they beat the ship, in the second stage the Lithuanian will cross the racket with the winner of the pair of Karen Khachanov (20), a Russian of Armenian origin, and Alexander Vukich (195), an Australian. A Russian tennis player had risen to eighth position in the ATP rankings a year and a half ago.
„Reuters“ / „Scanpix“ nuotr./Karenas Chačanovas
Novak Djokovic will be the third and ninth in a row at the Australian Open (1).
The Serbian will initially face Jerome Chardy, but then, in a spell grid between potential rivals, he sees Stan Wawrinka (18), who has won three major tennis tournaments, as well as Miloš Raoničius (15) and Aleksandras Zverevas ( 7).
Rafael Nadal (2) aims for the 21st Grand Slam title in a personal match, which would be a record.
The Spaniard tied the Grand Slam with Roger Federer when he won the French Open last year. Nadal will start a duel with Laslo Djer in Melbourne next week, and looking ahead, it appears that he faces a clash with Stefanos Tsitsip in the quarter-finals (6).
In women’s tennis, Serena Williams (11), who is aiming for the 24th Grand Slam trophy to equal the all-time record, is on the same side of the tournament grid as Simona Halep of Romania (2) and Naomi Osaka from Japan (3).
The 39-year-old American, who has already won the Australian Open seven times, will face Laura Siegemund of Germany in the first leg.
Sofia Kenin (4), an American who triumphed in Australia last year, reached the same side of the net as the world’s first Rakata, Ash Barty, so potentially American and Australian tennis players could meet in the semi-finals like last year .
The official spell ceremony was postponed during the day when 160 players were isolated and had to undergo additional COVID-19 testing for infection by a hotel worker.
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