Djokovic Australian Open signing form copied last year's US Open To defend the title, you need to fight a strong opponent

Source: Sports Weekly

Although the draw was abruptly postponed by more than an hour, and it happened to be after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's press conference, it made the outside world speculate: will it release news that is unfavorable to Djokovic? But in the end, it turned out to be a false alarm, Morrison did not mention any news related to Djokovic, and the nine-time champion and world number one still appeared in the difficult birth signing form.

However, the distribution of the big seeds in this signing table is not friendly to Djokovic, the third seed Zverev, who has attracted much attention, is in the upper half of the same zone as him, and if the big seeds can successfully advance, djokovic's opponents from the quarterfinals will be: Beretini, Zverev and Medvedev, which is completely consistent with last year's SITUATION at the US Open! Remember that time? After repeated bombardments by the first two, Djokovic was powerless against Medvedev.

In the first round, Djokovic will face compatriot Kecmanovic, in the second round he may meet Paul, who has been in good shape lately, in the third round he may face The Italian Sonego, and in the fourth round he may meet his old rival Monfils, who just won a warm-up title last week. However, It is not easy for Berrettini to get in front of Djokovic, in addition to his recent lack of form, he will face rising star Brandon Nakajima in the first round, and may encounter Alcaraz, Nori or Koda after that, and the last two will meet in the first round.

Another person who has attracted much attention is Nadal, this time he and Zverev are in a quarter zone, although he has just won a warm-up match, but the average ranking of the players who beat is only more than 100, so for Nadal, the motivation of this championship is greater than the practical significance, the first round he will play against the American Geelong, and the second round may meet the recently eye-catching local player Kokinakis. Before going to Zverev, Nadal may also encounter Khachanov, Karatsev or Hulkach.

Zverev's first two rounds should not be a problem, with Harris likely to be met in the third round and shapovalov, who has just won the ATP Cup in the fourth round. Although Medvedev has drawn a draw, the second round of the matchup with Kyrgios must be highly anticipated, and in the third round, he may meet the Frenchman Amber, who has just defeated himself in the ATP Cup, the fourth round opponent will be between Isner and Schwartzman, and the quarter-final opponent will be Lubrev or Aliasim.

Tsitsipas, despite his recent poor form, is the best of the four seeds, with a third-round match against Dimitrov, a fourth-round opponent between Fritz and Agut, and a quarter-final against Sina or Rude. It is worth mentioning that there will be a number of focus duels in the first round of this district: five-time runner-up Murray meets Basilashvili again, which is the third time the two have met after last year's Wimbledon and this week's Sydney, the first two of which Murray won. In addition, Italian youngster Mussetti will face Australia's brother Deminal.

Of course, everyone is most concerned about Djokovic, although he is more comfortable at the Australian Open than the US Open, but this year's signing form is indeed not easy, especially if you want to impact the ten crowns, in theory, you have to face Zverev and Medvedev continuously, plus the interference of so many off-field factors, and the visa issue is still unresolved, at any time may face the situation of being repatriated, can he be fully engaged on the field? All of this will pose a major challenge to him.