Video credit: Eurosport After a dream 2024 season that included two Grand Slam finals, Olympic doubles gold and a Billie Jean King Cup win, can Jasmine Paolini make her mark at the Australian Open? Both will go off as favourites to triumph again when the tournament starts on January 12, live on Eurosport and discovery+. […]
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After a dream 2024 season that included two Grand Slam finals, Olympic doubles gold and a Billie Jean King Cup win, can Jasmine Paolini make her mark at the Australian Open?
Both will go off as favourites to triumph again when the tournament starts on January 12, live on Eurosport and discovery+.
Rybakina will be looking to turn attentions to her play on the court as she aims to rediscover her top form under new coach Goran Ivanisevic.
Taylor Fritz
Carlos Alcaraz has said winning the Australian Open is his “main goal” for 2025 as he looks to complete the career Grand Slam.
Coco Gauff
She is 0-5 against the world No. 1, who picked out what she thought gave her the edge over Zheng after beating her at the WTA Finals.
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With momentum behind her, Gauff looks set up for a deep run – and if the draw holds a potential heavyweight semi-final against Sabalenka.
Sinner claimed his first Grand Slam title a year ago in Melbourne while Sabalenka is aiming for the three-peat this month.
Iga Swiatek is the world No. 2 but is she Sabalenka’s biggest threat at the Australian Open?
If Zheng is one of the top contenders to win in Melbourne then beating Sabalenka might be her biggest hurdle.
Sinner dispatched Djokovic without too much trouble in last year’s semi-finals and from what we have seen from both since, there isn’t much to suggest a rematch would turn out any different.
He’s made the final in three of the last four years and in two of those finals, including last year against Sinner, won the opening two sets.
Where better to do it than at his home Grand Slam?
He’s slipped down to No. 5 in the world ranking and said after the Nitto ATP Finals, where he lost two of three matches, that he has “a lot of work to do to be better”. Maybe the birth of his second child will help inspire him to a first title in Melbourne.
Her previous results at the Grand Slam don’t suggest so.
Carlos Alcaraz
Jasmine Paolini
She followed that up with Olympic singles gold and then ended the year by reaching the final of the WTA Finals.
Maybe that’s where Djokovic’s new coach comes in…
Coco Gauff made the semi-finals at the Australian Open a year ago and gave Sabalenka her toughest test of the tournament.
Now up to world No. 4 – and on the same half of the draw as Sinner – if Fritz can win plenty of first-strike points then he could be a dangerous player in Melbourne.Qinwen Zheng made her first Grand Slam final a year ago at the Australian Open, taking advantage as the draw somewhat opened up for her.
Qinwen Zheng made her first Grand Slam final a year ago at the Australian Open, taking advantage as the draw somewhat opened up for her.
Qinwen Zheng made her first Grand Slam final a year ago at the Australian Open, taking advantage as the draw somewhat opened up for her.
The American ended 2024 in fine form with 13 wins from 15 matches, and carried that through to the season-opening United Cup where she was named MVP as the USA triumphed.
Novak Djokovic
Rybakina made the final in Melbourne two years ago and her big serve and groundstrokes make her a serious threat if she’s on her game.
Seeded seventh, Djokovic could meet Alcaraz in the quarters, followed by Zverev and then Sinner.
“I think my mental strength. That’s the advantage over her so far.”
Speaking during USA’s victorious United Cup run, Taylor Fritz was asked how he would rate his game out of 10 heading into the Australian Open.
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