Qualifying for the Australian Open ended Thursday January 9 with only one French woman surviving.
Leolia Jeanjean will therefore be the only Frenchwoman to qualify for the main draw of the Australian Open by beating her compatriot Séléna Janicijevic after the eliminations in the last round of Clement Chidekh and Térence Atmane and Carole Monnet. This Thursday, January 9, the draw for the first Grand Slam of the year delivered its verdict with a very shock between the French in form, Gaël Monfils will face Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the 1st round. One of the two could face Taylor Fritz in the 3rd round.
The draw was rather positive for world number 1 Jannik Sinner who escaped the draw of Carlos Alcaraz, Alexander Zverev or Novak Djokovic. He could face Holger Rune or Hubert Hurckacz in the round of 16, and Alex De Minaur in the quarter-finals. Djoko’s first round will be against the young American Nishesh Basavareddy while Reilly Opelka, his opponent last week in Brisbane, could find himself facing him in the 3rd round. Five Habs will face a seeded player from the start: Lucas Pouille (opposed to Alexander Zverev, n°2), Arthur Rinderknech (Frances Tiafoe, n°17), Adrian Mannarino (Karen Kachanov, n°19), Corentin Moutet (Alexeï Popyrin, n°25) and Arthur Cazaux (Sebastian Baez, n°28). Fate was more lenient with Alexandre Muller, who will try to confirm his title acquired in Hong Kong against the Portuguese Nuno Borges (36th ATP), Hugo Gaston (opposed to local wild card Omar Jasika) and Benjamin Bonzi (David Goffin).
Traditionally, the Australian Open kicks off the tennis year. Despite a few preparation tournaments from the end of December, the Australian Open is the first unmissable event for tennis stars and fans of the little yellow ball. In 2025, the year promises to be exciting with a retired Nadal, a Djokovic who will no longer play all the tournaments and new names who already seem to be crushing the circuit like Carlos Alcaraz or even Jannik Sinner, winner of his first Grand Slam in Australia last year. The Italian’s victory was the start of an incredible year that he finished as world number 1. But Jannik Sinner didn’t just make friends in Australia. Tested positive during the year 2024, it attracted the wrath of some due to “different” treatment on the part of the world tennis organization. Enough to annoy a certain Nick Kyrgios who made his comeback on the courts after two years of absence and who is eagerly awaiting it. “If I face him at the Australian Open, I will try to start chaos against him,” he said.
For this 2025 edition, all eyes will therefore be on the Spaniard and the Italian, but on the hard surface of Melbourne, the Americans like Taylor Fritz, the Australians like Alex de Minaur, the Russians Medvedev and Rublev or even the French Humbert , Fils and Mpetshi Perricard will certainly have arguments to make. For women, the year 2025 should start again on the same basis with Sabalenka and Swiatek who should once again be the references of the circuit. But we are also awaiting the confirmation of the Italian Paolini or the return to the top of Coco Gauff. Among the French, the year promises to be difficult once again with Caroline Garcia trying to emerge from the fog.
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