On Monday morning, the first Grand slam of the year 2022 commenced with Men’s and Women’s single matches.
After a long haul of Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open fiasco with regards to his vaccine status, the Grand Slam officially set off with Men’s and Women’s singles on January 17th. Djokovic was deported after a prolonged controversy after his breach of COVID protocols of Australia, despite getting a medical exemption earlier this month. The defending champion could not participate in the Australian Open as a result of this move by the Australian government.
With no World no. 1 as a participant, Daniil Medvedev moved up the rankings to be the highest one and replaced the Serbian tennis star. While the Russian is the top- seed in the Men’s singles, Ashleigh Barty holds the high rank in the Women’s singles set.
Following are the Seeds set for the Australian Open 2022:
Women’s Singles-
1)Ashleigh Barty of Australia
2) Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus
3) Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain
4) Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic
5) Maria Sakkari of Greece
6) Anett Kontaveit of Estonia
7)Iga Swiatek of Poland
8) Paula Badosa of Spain
9) Ons Jabeur of Tunisia
10) Anastasia of Pavlyuchenkova Russia
11)Sofia Kenin of the USA
12) Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan
13) Naomi Osaka of Japan
14) Simona Halep of Romania
15)Elina Svitolina of Ukraine
16) Angelique Kerber of Germany
17)Emma Raducanu of Great Britain
18) Coco Gauff of the USA
19) Elise Mertens of Belgium
20) Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic(CZE)
21)Jessica Pegula of the USA
22) Belinda Bencic of Switzerland
23) Leylah Fernandez of Canada
24) Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
25) Daria Kasatkina of Russia
26) Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia
27) Danielle Collins of the USA
28) Veronika Kudermetova of Russia
29) Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia
30) Camila Giorgi of Italy
31)Marketa Vondrousova of Czech Republic
32) Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain
Men’s Singles-
1) Novak Djokovic of Serbia- Not Playing
2) Daniil Medvedev of Russia
3) Alexander Zverev of Germany
4) Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece
5) Andrey Rublev of Russia
6) Rafael Nadal of Spain
7)Matteo Berrettini of Italy
8) Casper Ruud of Norway
9) Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada
10) Hubert Hurkacz of Poland
11)Jannik Sinner of Italy
12) Cameron Norrie of Great Britain
13) Diego Schwartzman of Argentina
14) Denis Shapovalov of Canada
15)Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain
16) Cristian Garin of Chile
17)Gael Monfils of France
18) Aslan Karatsev of Russia
19) Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain
20) Taylor Fritz of the USA
21)Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia
22) John Isner of the USA
23) Reilly Opelka of the USA
24) Daniel Evans of Great Britain
25) Lorenzo Sonego of Italy
26) Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria
27) Marin Cilic of Croatia
28) Karen Khachanov of Russia
29) Ugo Humbert of France
30) Lloyd Harris of South Africa
31)Carlos Alcaraz of Spain
32) Alex de Minaur of Australia
The major contenders for the Australian Open title this year will be Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Alexander Zverev. While this would only be the second Australian Open title for Nadal, for the others this would be the first time, if they win. However Nadal will be looking forward to overtake Djokovic and Federer in the total Grand Slams’ race by locking 21 titles throughout his career.
Here are results of the Australian Open 2022 draws of some of the top- seed players:
Men’s Singles-
