Christian Garin will make his Australian Open debut against Sebastian Korda

The Australian Open already has its main draw ready and two Chileans are in it. Christian Garin (87th in the ATP ranking) and Nicolás Jarry (155th) will be the national representatives .

Of course, luck was not on the side of the nationals, since they will have to face tough rivals at the start of the competition. In the event of a first national racket, he will have to face the American Sebastian Korda. (31st), who reached the final of the Adelaide tournament, losing to Novak Djokovic in three sets.

This will be Gago’s second time facing the North American. The first was last year in the first round in Halle. On this occasion, Korda beat the national team 6-2 and 6-3.

If he manages to advance, Garin will have to face the winner of the match between the Japanese Yosuke Watanuki (138th) and the French Arthur Rinderknech (45th). .

For its part, Nicolás Jarry, who managed to settle in this instance after passing the qualifying rounds, will have to face the Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic (28th) . This will be the first confrontation between the two tennis players.

Whoever emerges victorious from this instance will have to face the winner of the duel between the American Ben Shelton (92nd) and the Chinese Zhizhen Zhang (97th).

The 2023 edition will bring Novak Djokovic (5th) back after he was unable to compete in the previous edition for lack of being vaccinated against Covid. Now on his return, the Serb must face the Spaniard Roberto Carballés Baena (75th) in the first round .

This will be Nole’s first step in trying to equal the Spaniard’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles. Rafael Nadal, who must start in the first round against the Englishman Jack Draper (40th) .

And with Nadal and Djokovic among the players present, and with the goals each has in Australia, one of the doubts was which round of the competition they might meet. Well, this duel would only take place in a hypothetical finale.

And to get there, the Balkan had a preparation that led him to lift the title from Adelaide a few days ago, even if he did it in more pain than necessary to win 6(8) -7, 7-6(3) and 6 -4 to Sebastien Korda.

In this meeting, one of the aspects that most attracted attention, in addition to the great comeback, was that he expelled his brother from the room just after falling in the first set.

After the win, he said the more adjusted wins he gets, the greater the impact on his rivals. “I think it also hits the heads of your rivals more. That’s what I want. I want you to know that no matter the score, I’m always here, always fighting until the last point and I can turn the tide. ”. Now comes the time to prove it in the first Grand Slam of the season.