The first major tournament of the season, the Australian Open tennis (total prize money of 76.5 million Australian dollars, about 66 billion won), opened in Melbourne, Australia on the 16th. Kwon Soon-woo, who won the championship at the Adelaide International, will also participate.
It is a tournament that can tell the world tennis game this season, and strong players challenge for the championship cup.
The best spotlight in this tournament is the appearance of Novak Djokovic, the former world number one, who is also called the ‘Man of the Australian Open’. Djokovic, who won nine championships, the most ever, refused to be vaccinated with Corona last year and insisted on competing.
Along with his 10th win in this tournament, he is aiming to return to the top of the world rankings and set the record for the most wins in major tournaments.
If Djokovic, who is currently ranked 5th in the world, wins his 10th championship, he can regain the top spot in the rankings, and with 22 major wins, he will share the most wins with Rafael Nadal (Spain). Nadal is last year’s winner.
Nadal, who is currently ranked second, is trying to win his second consecutive Australian Open title. Nadal, who is called the “soil god,” is number one on clay courts, but only won the Australian Open on hard courts twice, in 2009 and last year. This year, with Djokovic, the absolute powerhouse of the Australian Open, returning, Nadal’s challenge for a second straight title seems daunting. In addition, the fact that he has been struggling recently due to the aftermath of injuries such as ankles and abs is a stumbling block. A confrontation between the two could only happen in the finals. If Nadal, who won two majors last year, wins again, he will widen the gap with Djokovic to two majors. 카지노
Kwon Soon-woo (Dangjin City Hall), who became the first Korean to win the men’s professional tennis (APT) singles tour twice, will also advance to the Australian Open, the first major event of the season.
Soon-Woo Kwon won the second round of the ATP Tour Adelaide International, which ended on the 14th. Kwon Soon-woo, who lost in the preliminary finals, entered the finals as a ‘lucky loser’ as other players gave up, but won a surprise victory by beating top rankers such as Busta (15th) and Agut (26th). With this victory, Kwon Soon-woo jumped 32 places in the world rankings from 84th to 52nd.
In the first round of the Australian Open men’s singles final, Soon-woo Kwon will meet Christopher Eubanks (USA), who is ranked 123rd in the world. It’s a worthy enough opponent. Kwon Soon-woo’s best performance in a major tournament was advancing to the third round (French Open). It is somewhat burdensome that he has a physical burden because he has played in the semifinals and finals in Adelaide.
In the women’s division, the world’s No. 1 Sibiong Tech (Poland) is a strong candidate for victory.
Sibiong Tech, which won two majors by climbing to the top of the French Open and US Open last year, was eliminated in the semifinals of the Australian Open. Naomi Osaka (Japan), winner of the 2019 and 2021 Australian Open, did not attend, revealing that she was pregnant. Ons Jaber (Tunisia), Caroline Garcia (France), and Jessica Pegula (USA) are expected to compete for the championship with Sibion Tech.