The 2025 Australian Open will begin on Sunday, January 12 and promises to give fans a great show. In the men's tournament, the top favorite to lift the trophy is certainly defending champion Jannik Sinner. The world number 1 plays his best tennis on this surface and has proven to be very difficult to beat in 2024, an amazing year in which he won 73 matches and suffered only 6 defeats.
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His main rival at Melbourne Park should be Carlos Alcaraz, who has never gone beyond the quarter-finals in the Happy Slam but who can reach truly impressive peaks. The young Spanish champion has already won four Major titles and wants to start 2025 in style.
No one will be able to underestimate Novak Djokovic, who has won this tournament ten times and who will benefit from the valuable advice of a legend like Andy Murray. The Serbian champion will have less pressure than in the past and has shown that he can still be competitive at the highest level despite being almost 38 years old.
Huge curiosity also about Alexander Zverev, who is still trying to win the first Grand Slam title of his career. The current world No. 2 suffered an arm injury during the United Cup, but he should have no problem playing his best tennis at the AOs.
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Everyone behind Jannik
In an interview with 'Betway', tennis expert Mark Petchey explained why Jannik is certainly the top favorite at Melbourne Park: In the mens draw, its wafer thin between the likes of Jannik, Carlos and Novak. If pushed, I would go with Sinner again given just how unbelievably solid hes been, especially over five sets.
Playing his pace of ground shot consistently in that heat over three to four hours is just brutal on the physical side of things for his opponents. Thats a huge asset for him as he takes their legs away with his style of play.
