Djokovic, Williams top seeds at Australian Open

Maria Sharapova, the 2008 champion, is fifth seed, while two-time victor Victoria Azarenka of Belarus is seeded at 14.

“When we look seven years on we are now seeing campaigns that are centred around social and digital, so last year’s Rally For Good was ANZ’s highest performing campaign to date at that time in terms of engagement and reach and already Headband for Good as a partnership with World Vision has surpassed those numbers having only been in market a week”.

His compatriot Federer remains an inspiration to tour veterans and his appearances in last year’s Wimbledon and U.S. Open finals were testament to the 17-times grand slam champion’s endurance. The 34-year-old is meant to meet fellow Australian James Duckworth, a wild card, in the first round.

Five-time Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic is projected to face record Grand Slam victor Roger Federer in the semi-finals of the season’s opening Grand Slam following Friday’s draw.

According to Bleacher Report, Djokovic is still the favorite to win the first Grand Slam tournament of the year with current No. 4 Wawrinka as the dark horse.

“My thoughts are only directed to Melbourne and what I need to do there”, he said. Nadal had a nice tournament to get to the finals.

Murray’s lob to beat David Goffin in the Davis Cup final and clinch the trophy for Great Britain was one of the greatest shots of his career. Novak Djokovic (Srb), 2.

However, Murray could miss the tournament completely should his wife Kim go into labour at any point over its duration – with the Scot admitting that he would fly back him in such a case.

“I think they played so many times”. No. 2 Andy Murray, who has lost four Australian Open finals including the 2015 edition, is on the bottom half of the draw with Nadal and Warwinka. The speed and bounce of the Plexicushion surface at Melbourne Park complements Djokovic’s game perfectly; he can hog the baseline and go into his uncompromising “you shall not pass” mode in the sweltering heat. A potential 45th career meeting at Australian Open 2016 would therefore occur in the semifinals. The world No 1 is scheduled to face Federer in the last four.

The 2016 Australian Open runs from January 18-31.

“I am playing well, and I’m gonna keep working hard to try to be ready for Australia”.

“I think it would be uphill sprints”. “All of the matches and emotions on the court, it’s not going to be new for me next year”, she said in November. There’s a slight fear his lack of real break might blunt him here, not to mention impending fatherhood, but winning tennis’ premier team comp has inspired others before him, so it’s to be hoped the world number two can carry on where he left off a year ago and he’s 11/2 to finally taste glory in Melbourne.

The world number four tuned up by beating Croatia’s Borna Coric for a third straight Chennai Open title in India last week. Other notable first-round matches include Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. No. 7 Kei Nishikori and No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Marcos Baghdatis.