Defending males’s singles champion Novak Djokovic is aiming to increase his dominance in Melbourne with an eleventh title, whereas Belarus’ Aryna Sabalenka seems to be to retain the ladies’s trophy.
Serbia’s Djokovic, 36, is the highest seed forward of Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz, Russia’s Daniil Medvedev and Italy’s Jannik Sinner.
Poland’s Iga Swiatek leads the ladies’s subject after regaining the world primary rating from Sabalenka on the finish of final yr.
Sabalenka is seeded second in entrance of American Coco Gauff, who received the US Open in September, and 2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina.
And there are some acquainted faces making their Grand Slam comebacks.
Britain’s 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu is within the early levels of her personal comeback after wrist and ankle surgical procedures dominated her out for eight months. And Japan’s four-time main winner Naomi Osaka can be again after giving start final yr.
Nonetheless, Spanish nice Rafael Nadal is not going to characteristic after sustaining a hip damage on the Brisbane Worldwide.