Press service of the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the year It was published The starting pairs of the tournament. Russia’s first player, Daniil Medvedev, will play against Thailand’s representative Kasidit Samrey in his first match.
Sumray was ranked 414th in the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) rankings and entered the tournament with a wild card.
Karen Khachanov, the world’s 19th racket, will face Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in the first round, Roman Safiullin will face Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis, and Andrey Rublev and Pavel Kotov will play against participants who have passed the qualifiers and have not yet participated in the first round. ended.
Main rule matches will begin on January 12.
On March 6, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) announced its decision to allow Russian and Belarusian tennis players to compete in neutral status at the Olympic Games in France. Russians and Belarusians will be able to compete in the 2024 Olympics if they comply with the neutral athlete principles previously formulated by the IOC. Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Schneider reached the final of the women’s doubles at the Olympic tournament. The remaining tennis players from Russia did not win a medal at the Games.
Russians before banned Buying tickets to the Australian Open.
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Source: Gazeta
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