Melbourne: Novak Djokovic drawn Thursday to play fellow Serbia Miomir Kecmanovic in the first round of the Australian Open despite the upper sustainable uncertainty of whether he was still in the country.
World number one, the seed champion and top defense are wanting to win a 10 degree in Melbourne Park starting next week and the 21st Grand Slam Crown record.
But the fate of the Djokovic vaccine remains uncertain with Australian immigration minister Alex Hawke reflects whether to revoke his visa again and throw it abroad.
34-year-old Djokovic is scheduled to open his title defense on Monday or Tuesday.
Even if he was allowed to stay, there was a question for his preparation and fitness for a tiring two week tournament after he was forced to spend four nights at the detention facility.
If he was ruled out from the opening of the Grand Slam this year before it began, the place would be taken with what was called “Lucky Loser”, someone who lost in the final qualifying round.
Spanish superstar Six-Seeded Rafael Nadal also shot for the title of Slam 21 and he would start fighting America Marcos Giron.
World number two and we opened the champion Danil Medvedev, a finalist Melbourne last year, opened against Henri Laksonen from Switzerland.
On the side of the woman, the top seed, and world number one Ashleigh Barty, who won Adelaide International last week, would meet the qualifications first because she targeted the title of a grand slam girl on the ground.
Defending champions Naomi Osaka, 13th seed, located at a quarter of Barty’s draw and will start the defense against Camila Osorio from Colombia.
He is projected to meet Australia in round 16.
The second seed Aryna Sabalenka, who has hit two warm-up tournaments, will begin against the Australian Storm Sanders.
US-open champion Emma Raducanu faced a difficult clash against Sloane Stephens America.