The organizers of the Australian Open have formalized the list of seeded heads (32 men and as many women) for the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, scheduled on Melbourne's courts.
In the draw for the main draw matches, scheduled for Thursday, world number 1 Carlos Alcaraz will be absent, the Spaniard Rafa Nadal will be the top seed in the men's singles, followed by Ruud, Tsitsipas and Djokovic, i.e. the three players who can take the place of the absent Spaniard who leads the ATP ranking at the end of the Australian Open.
Poland's Iga Swiatek leads the list of entries for the women's singles tournament.
There are four Italian tennis players who have been included among the top seeds: in the men's field there will be Matteo Berrettini (number 13), Jannik Sinner (number 15) and Lorenzo Musetti (number 18).
These are the three blue athletes who, this week, appear in the Top 20 of the world ranking - which was announced yesterday - an unprecedented achievement for the Italian movement since the ranking of the Professional Tennis Association, established in 1973, existed. women's singles Martina Trevisan, number 21, is the only Italian seeded at the 2023 Australian Open.
