2025 is already upon us, and the season of the year has already started, although technically it started in 2024. Here we are talking about the Brisbane International, the first “major” tournament of the year. Many famous tennis players are waiting for the first Grand Slam, the Australian Open, which will take place from January 14 to 28.
But before that, in Brisbane, still in Australia, a relatively young tournament (launched in 2009) takes place from December 30 to January 6. It is more important for women, with 500 WTA points, than for men, who give only 250 ATP points, with the WTA nº1, Aryna Sabalenka, who started with a strong victory.
For Novak Djokovic, Brisbane is a good place to train after a disappointing 2024 season, with hopes of winning at least one more Grand Slam, which would be the 25th of his career, which would make him the tennis player most successful of all time.
And so far, Djokovic has started strong, with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Australian Rinky Hijikata to advance to the next round of 16 match, which takes place on Thursday (January 2).
Djokovic has never won the Brisbane tournament. The current champion, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (ATP nº7) will play his round of 16 tomorrow, January 1, against the local favorite Alekdandar Vukic.
