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Novak Djokovic: "At this stage of my career I am looking for energies from the audience"

The Australian Championship kicks off (Sunday to Monday, starting at 2pm, live broadcasts on Eurosport), the Serb opens against Chardi.

Tim, Zebra, Serena and Alp also play

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Sunday, 07 February 2021, 17:55

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Looking forward to the tournament.

Djokovic (Photo: Reuters)

After much hardship, worries and concerns, the Australian Open will kick off tonight (starting at 2pm, live broadcasts on Eurosport, Eurosport 2 and Eurosport Player).

Last year's focus will be on the men's champion and number one Novak Djokovic, while Dominic Tim, who lost to him in last year's final, will also play.

Sasha Zebrav will also try to open with a victory.

For the women, Serena Williams, Simona Halp and Angelique Kerber will be the focus.

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Can go far in a tournament?

Zebra (Photo: Reuters)

Men

Novak Djokovic won the Australian Championship last year for the eighth time in his career after a tough battle against Dominic Tim in the final.

The Serb, who has won 17 Grand Slam titles, will open the tournament this year against 33-year-old Frenchman Jeremy Chardi, who is ranked 66th in the world.

Djokovic is very fond of playing against Chardy and has won him in the 13 games played between the two so far, including one at the Australian Championships somewhere in 2009.

They will lock the day in the main court.

The Serb said ahead of the game: "I have a good balance against Jeremy. His game depends very much on the Serb and the forehand and I feel good because I have played twice this year at the Broad Labor Arena. I feel good."

On the fact that there will be an audience, but not the quantities there are each year, Nola said: "Even if a relatively small percentage of the audience comes, it's something. At this stage of my career, I'm looking for the energy from the audience."

Dominic Tim, who lost to Djokovic in the Australian final last year, also experienced the highlight of his career last year when he won his first Grand Slam final at the United States Championships.

The Austrian, who is ranked third in the tournament, will open against the 33-year-old Kazakh Mikhail Kokushkin (90 in the world), in what will be the first meeting between the two.

Sasha Zebrav, ranked sixth, reached the Grand Slam final for the first time at the United States Championships last year and lost there to Tim, he was also a partner in negative publications with all the affair in his personal life.

He will open the Australian Championship against the American Marcus Giron (73), in what will be the first meeting between them.

In a very intriguing game that will close the game day at Margaret Kurt Arena will play the Canadian Dennis Shpovalov (11) against the excellent Italian Yannick Zinner, who is ranked 36th in the world.

Other games:

Diego Schwartzman (8, Argentina) - Elias Jaimer (Sweden)

Gal Monfis (10, France) - Emil Russobury (Finland)

Milos Raunic (14, Canada) - Federico Correa (Argentina)

Pablo Carnio Busta (15, Spain) ) - Kay Nishikori (Japan)

Stan and Averinka (17, Switzerland) - Pedro Sousa (Portugal)

Grigor Dimitrov (18, Bulgaria) - Marin Cilic (Croatia)

Felix Oza Eliasim (20, Canada) - Cedric Marcel Shteva (Germany)

Dusan Lajovic (23, Serbia) - Sergei Stakhovsky (Ukraine)

Benoit Perr (25, France) - Igor Grasimov (Belarus)

Taylor Fritz (27, USA) - Albert Ramos (Spain)

Ugo Humber (29, France) -Isotaka Ochiama (Japan)

Adriano Menarino (32, France) - Dennis Novak (Austria)

Nick Kirius (Australia) - Federico Pereira Silva (Portugal)

Looking for the fourth Grand Slam title.

Osaka (Photo: Reuters)

women

Two years after winning the title in Melbourne, Naomi Osaka wants to once again lift the trophy in Australia and win the fourth Grand Slam of her career.

The Japanese will open the tournament with a pretty tough game against Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, ranked 39th in the world.

The balance between the two stands at one win for each of the actresses.

Immediately after this game is over, Serena Williams, ranked 10th, will go up to the main field.

The American, who is still looking for her first Grand Slam title since returning from the birth of her daughter, will play against German Laura Sigmund, who is ranked 51st in the world.

Serena, who is coming to the tournament in a questionable state of health, has beaten Sigmund in the previous two encounters between them, including in Auckland last year.

Simona Alp, who reached the Australian Championship final in 2018, has yet to win this tournament, and will go on it with all her might this year.

Romania, ranked second in the world, will open the tournament against Australian Lizette Cabrera, who is ranked 140th in the world.

Iga Schbiontek of Poland, who won Roland Garros last year and is ranked 17th in the world, will play against Dutch Aranche Ross (74).

Other games:

Arena Svalenka (7, Belarus) - Victoria Kozmova (Slovakia)

Bianca Andresco (8, Canada) - Michaela Bozarensko (Romania)

Petra Kabitova (9, Czech Republic) - Gerrit Minan (Belgium)

Elena Rybakina (17 , Kazakhstan) - Vera Zvonareva (Russia)

Angelique Kerber (23, Germany) - Bernarda Pera (USA)

Alison Risk (24, USA) - Anastasia Potapova (Russia)

Rape Jabor (27, Tunisia) - Andrea Petkovic (Germany)

Kiang Wang (30, China) - Sarah Arani (Italy)

Victoria Kudermatova (32, Russia) - Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)

Venus Williams (USA) - Kirsten Flipex (Belgium)

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