Novak Djokovic eyes a record-breaking twenty fifth Grand Slam singles title, and a record-tying eleventh title on the Australian Open, which begins Sunday in Melbourne.

Djokovic, the highest seed, wouldn’t face No. 2 seed Carlos Alcaraz or No. 3 seed Daniil Medvedev till the Jan. 28 ultimate.

He goes into the match on a 28-match Australian Open win streak courting to his final defeat within the spherical of 16 in 2018.

But Djokovic noticed his total 43-match win streak within the nation of Australia snapped on the United Cup, his lone Australian Open tune-up, final week. Australian Alex de Minaur swept him, and Djokovic mentioned he was affected by a wrist damage.

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In 2023, Djokovic swept the Australian Open, French Open and U.S. Open titles and was a set from profitable the Wimbledon ultimate in opposition to Alcaraz, simply lacking the primary calendar Grand Slam in males’s singles since Australian Rod Laver in 1969.

Still, he tied after which broke Rafael Nadal’s file of twenty-two males’s Grand Slam singles titles, handed Serena Williams’ file of 23 Slam singles titles within the Open Era and tied Margaret Court’s file for main singles titles throughout all eras.

At this 12 months’s Australian Open, Djokovic can break his tie with Court, who gained 13 of her 24 titles earlier than professionals had been admitted to Slams and the Open Era started in 1968.

He may also tie Court’s file of 11 Australian Open singles titles, although seven of hers got here earlier than the Open Era and all of them got here in opposition to largely Australian fields.

At 36 years previous, Djokovic can move Roger Federer to change into the second-oldest participant to win a Slam singles title within the Open Era. The file holder is Australian Ken Rosewall, who gained the 1972 Australian Open at 37.

Nadal, seemingly in his ultimate 12 months earlier than retirement, withdrew earlier than the Australian Open resulting from a micro tear in a muscle.

Another storyline is the competitors for the 4 U.S. Olympic males’s singles spots.

Ben Shelton, Taylor Fritz, Tommy Paul and Frances Tiafoe are the present prime 4 within the race to Paris, with Sebastian Korda and Chris Eubanks not far behind Tiafoe. The workforce might be drawn from the ATP Rankings after the French Open in early June.

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