The main frame of the Australian Openthe first grand slam of the season, was drawn in the last hours and the Argentine tennis players already know who their rivals will be.
The Argentine best placed in the ranking, Sebastian Baez (28th) He has accumulated a drought of eight games without knowing victory, so he will try to end this bad streak against the Frenchman Arthur Cazaux.
Yes ok Baez part as a candidate, he will not have an easy time against a rival who last year reached the fourth round in Melbourne.
The other Argentine who starts as seeded is Francisco Cerúndolo (31st)who will have a very tough debut against the Kazakh Alexander Bublikone of the most talented players on the circuit, but who is characterized by his constant disconnections from the game.
In the second round he could meet his compatriot Facundo Díaz Acostawho will have the Belgian as his rival in his debut Zizou Bergs.
Besides, Tomas Etcheverry will have an interesting crossover with the Italian Flavio Cobolli (32°). However, he was not at all benefited by the draw since in the third round he could face the defending champion and world number 1, the Italian Jannik Sinner.
In turn, Francisco Comesañawho is playing his third main draw in a Grand Slam, will have a good chance against the German Daniel Altmaierwhile Federico Coria will be measured against the American from the qualy Tristan Boyer.
Finally, Mariano Navoneone of the Argentines with the greatest growth in the 2024was not at all favored on the circuit since he will face the British Jack Draper (15°), and Camilo Ugo Carabelli will have the American as an opponent Learner Tiencoming from the qualy.
Regarding the female branch, the Argentinian Nadia Podoroska, María Lourdes Carlé and Julia Riera They will have the Czech as opponents Karolina Muchova (20th), the American Amanda Amisimova and the Brazilian Beatriz Haddad Maia.
The best matches of the first round of the Australian Open 2025:
One of the most interesting matches of the first round will be that of the Serbian Novak Djokovicthe greatest Grand Slam winner in the history of tennis, who will have a truly complicated test against the American Nishesh Basavareddywho aims to be one of the revelations of the season.
Another of the great promises of the circuit, the American Joao Fonsecapassed the qualification and will seek to strike a blow in his debut in the main draw when he faces the Russian Andrey Rublevnumber 9 in the world.
The crosses of the first 16 seeds of the Australian Open 2025:
- Jannik Sinner (1st) – Nicolás Jarry
- Alexander Zverev (2nd) – Luca Pouille
- Carlos Alcaraz (3rd) – Aleksandr Shevchenko
- Taylor Fritz (4th) – Jenson Brooksby
- Daniil Medvedev (5th) – Kasidit Samrej
- Casper Ruud (6th) – Jaume Munar
- Novak Djokovic (7th) – Nishesh Basavareddy
- Alex de Minaur (8th) – Botic Van de Zandschulp
- Andrey Rublev (9th) – Joao Fonseca
- Grigor Dimitrov (10th) – Fabio Fognini
- Stefanos Tsitsipas (11th) – Andreas Michelsen
- Tommy Paul (12th) – Christopher O’Connell
- Holger Rune (13th) – Zhizhen Zhang
- Ugo Humbert (14th) – Matteo Gigante
- Jack Draper (15th) – Mariano Navone
- Lorenzo Musetti (16th) – Matteo Arnaldi
Source: Ambito
