Good morning everyone. Welcome to those of you who have decided to stay up late or those of you who have taken a nap to join us at this time on a new day of the Australian Open. Today, turn for Carlos Alcaraz. The Japanese Nishioka will be measured in a few minutes at Margaret Court.
The Murcian tennis player He will play his second match in this grand slam after his victory in the debut against Alexander Shevchenko 6-1, 7-5 and 6-1. The Spaniard is in search of grand slam poker. The only thing missing is the Australian. Since 2022 he has won at least one big win per year. It started with the US Open. In 2023 he was crowned at Wimbledon. In 2024 he repeated the title in the grass tournament par excellence and added Roland Garros.
If Alcaraz wins the Australian Open he will be the fifth man to complete the Grand Slam in the Open Era after Andre Agassi, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Only one Spaniard, Nadal, appears in the men's singles box at the Australian Open with his two titles in 2009 and 2022. In the Open Era, Andrés Gimeno (1969) and Carlos Moyà (1997) are the other Spanish tennis players who arrived until the final.
It is the second time in which Alcaraz and Nishioka see each other. The first fell to the Spaniard at the 2022 Paris Masters 1000. The Murcian won by a double 6-4. Nishioka comes to this match after beating Tunisian Aziz Dougaz 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) and 6-3. Previously, he reached the round of 16 of the Auckland tournament, a round in which he lost to Jiri Lehecka.
-As in the first round, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic meet again at the same time on the court. The Spanish, at Margaret Court. For his part, the Serbian tennis player will jump, no earlier than 4 in the morning, to the Rod Laver Arena. He will face the Portuguese Jaime Faria.
