Australian Open - Entry List: Roger Federer, Djokovic seek seventh title
The Australian Open men's draw entry list is out and Novak Djokovic leads the way. The world No. 1 will seek his seventh title in Melbourne, where he won his maiden Grand Slam title in 2008 defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The Frenchman, who dropped in the rankings due to a knee injury this year, is likely to take a main draw wild card. Earlier this year Djokovic was dealing with a right elbow injury, he lost to Hyeon Chung in the fourth round and underwent surgery in early February. The five-time finalist Andy Murray, the former top 10 players Janko Tipsarevic and Steve Darcis used the protected ranking.
Roger Federer is the defending champion, the Swiss player will seek his seventh title. Earlier this year Federer won his 20th Grand Slam title defeating Marin Cilic in a five-set final. Federer had a magical run also in 2017 defeating four top ten players. It will be a very important tournament for Tomas Berdych, who lost to Federer in the 2018 quarter-finals, and the defending semifinalists Hyeon Chung and Kyle Edmund. Thomas Fabbiano is the last to make it in the main draw per now, while Ugo Humbert is the first alternate. The Frenchman should be inside Aus Open cut at No 84 but he will lose 88 of 97 ATP points earned at $25k Futures when the new system is implemented.
Meanwhile the world No. 60 Marius Copil, who lost Basel final to the hometown hero Roger Federer in October, said: 'I hope to be better next year and more satisfied, I want to win an ATP title and crack the top 50 to stay there.'
1 DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB 1 2 NADAL, Rafael ESP 2 3 MURRAY, Andy GBR 2PR 4 FEDERER, Roger SUI 3 5 ZVEREV, Alexander GER 4 6 DEL POTRO, Juan Martin ARG 5 7 ANDERSON, Kevin RSA 6 8 CILIC, Marin CRO 7 9 THIEM, Dominic AUT 8 10 NISHIKORI, Kei JPN 9 11 ISNER, John USA 10 12 KHACHANOV, Karen RUS 11 13 CORIC, Borna CRO 12 14 FOGNINI, Fabio ITA 13 15 EDMUND, Kyle GBR 14 16 TSITSIPAS, Stefanos GRE 15 17 MEDVEDEV, Daniil RUS 16 18 SCHWARTZMAN, Diego ARG 17 19 RAONIC, Milos CAN 18 20 DIMITROV, Grigor BUL 19 21 CECCHINATO, Marco ITA 20 22 BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO 21 23 GOFFIN, David BEL 22 24 CARRENO BUSTA, Pablo ESP 23 25 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP 24 26 CHUNG, Hyeon KOR 25 27 GASQUET, Richard FRA 26 28 SHAPOVALOV, Denis CAN 27 29 VERDASCO, Fernando ESP 28 30 MONFILS, Gael FRA 29 31 SIMON, Gilles FRA 30 32 DE MINAUR, Alex AUS 31 33 POUILLE, Lucas FRA 32 34 JOHNSON, Steve USA 33 35 KOHLSCHREIBER, Philipp GER 34 36 KYRGIOS, Nick AUS 35 37 FUCSOVICS, Marton HUN 36 38 SEPPI, Andreas ITA 37 39 MILLMAN, John AUS 38 40 TIAFOE, Frances USA 39 41 CHARDY, Jeremy FRA 40 42 KLIZAN, Martin SVK 41 43 MANNARINO, Adrian FRA 42 44 JARRY, Nicolas CHI 43 45 SOUSA, Joao POR 44 46 JAZIRI, Malek TUN 45 47 EBDEN, Matthew AUS 46 48 DZUMHUR, Damir BIH 47 49 LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB 48 50 FRITZ, Taylor USA 49 51 HAASE, Robin NED 50 52 QUERREY, Sam USA 51 53 PAIRE, Benoit FRA 52 54 KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ 53 55 BERRETTINI, Matteo ITA 54 56 HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA 55 57 MAYER, Leonardo ARG 56 58 STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER 57 59 PELLA, Guido ARG 58 60 GOJOWCZYK, Peter GER 59 61 COPIL, Marius ROU 60 62 SANDGREN, Tennys USA 61 63 HARRISON, Ryan USA 62 64 KUDLA, Denis USA 63 65 LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 64 66 RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert ESP 65 67 WAWRINKA, Stan SUI 66 68 BEDENE, Aljaz SLO 67 69 RUBLEV, Andrey RUS 68 70 ZVEREV, Mischa GER 69 71 POSPISIL, Vasek CAN 70 72 BERDYCH, Tomas CZE 71 73 THOMPSON, Jordan AUS 72 74 CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto ESP 73 75 MARTERER, Maximilian GER 74 76 NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN 75 77 KLAHN, Bradley USA 76 78 DANIEL, Taro JPN 77 79 MCDONALD, Mackenzie USA 78 80 ANDREOZZI, Guido ARG 79 81 DELBONIS, Federico ARG 80 82 MUNAR, Jaume ESP 81 83 ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP 82 84 TOMIC, Bernard AUS 83 85 GARIN, Christian CHI 84 86 KOVALIK, Jozef SVK 85 87 HURKACZ, Hubert POL 86 88 BASIC, Mirza BIH 87 89 CUEVAS, Pablo URU 88 90 TIPSAREVIC, Janko SRB 88PR 91 VESELY, Jiri CZE 89 92 NORRIE, Cameron GBR 90 93 DARCIS, Steve BEL 90PR 94 IVASHKA, Ilya BLR 91 95 ISTOMIN, Denis UZB 92 96 DJERE, Laslo SRB 93 97 KRAJINOVIC, Filip SRB 94 98 GULBIS, Ernests LAT 95 99 GRANOLLERS, Marcel ESP 96 100 DONSKOY, Evgeny RUS 97 101 ALBOT, Radu MDA 98 102 OPELKA, Reilly USA 99 103 KARLOVIC, Ivo CRO 100 104 FABBIANO, Thomas ITA 101
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