{"id":211414,"date":"2025-01-09T10:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/australian-open-2025-draw-sumit-nagal-to-face-novak-djokovic-in-potential-3rd-round-sinner-gets-easy-draw\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T10:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T10:30:24","slug":"australian-open-2025-draw-sumit-nagal-to-face-novak-djokovic-in-potential-3rd-round-sinner-gets-easy-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/09\/australian-open-2025-draw-sumit-nagal-to-face-novak-djokovic-in-potential-3rd-round-sinner-gets-easy-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2025 Draw: Sumit Nagal to face Novak Djokovic in potential 3rd round, Sinner gets easy draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/resize.indiatvnews.com\/en\/centered\/newbucket\/1200_675\/2025\/01\/indiatv-2025-01-09t152230-1736416552.webp?resize=1200,675&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Australian Open 2025 Draw: Sumit Nagal to face Novak Djokovic in potential 3rd round, Sinner gets easy draw\" title=\"Australian Open 2025 Draw: Sumit Nagal to face Novak Djokovic in potential 3rd round, Sinner gets easy draw\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"atimgbign\" id=\"story-featured-image\" style=\"display: inline-block;\">\n<figure class=\"artbigimg row\"><figcaption><span class=\"author\">Image Source : GETTY<\/span> Novak Djokovic and Sumit Nagal at Australian Open 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"artconfp\">Sumit Nagal was drawn against the world No.25\u00a0Tomas Machac in the first round of the men&#8217;s singles at the Australian Open 2025 on Thursday. The top-ranked Indian tennis player could face the 24-time Grand Slam winner Novak Djokovic in the potential third round in a blockbuster treat for Indian fans.  <!-- \/8323530\/ITv_Desktop_VDO_1X1 -->\n  <\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old Nagal was handed a direct entry in the main draw due to his 98th position\u00a0in the ATP rankings. Nagal made the headlines by reaching the second round in the 2024 Australian Open but has been handed a tough draw in the first round of the 2025 edition.<\/p>\n<p>Ngal pulled off a huge upset by beating the world no.31\u00a0\u00a0Alexander Bublik in direct sets in the opening round of the 2024 edition but lost against the wildcard entrant\u00a0Shang Juncheng in the next round. He is yet to face Machac in the men&#8217;s singles and will require another incredible performance to take down the\u00a0Czech Republic star.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the Serbian legend will take on unseeded\u00a0Nishesh Basavareddy, the Indian-origin youngster,\u00a0in the first round of the men&#8217;s singles and will be facing the winner between\u00a0Jaime Faria and Pavel Kotov in the second round.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the world No.1 and the defending champion Jannik Sinner has been drawn against Nicolas Jarry in the first round. Sinner has been tipped to defend his title with an easy draw to the final at the first Grand Slam of the year.    <\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ausopen.com\/draws#!mens-singles\"><u><strong>Australian Open Men&#8217;s Singles Draw<\/strong><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More to follow&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async>\nfunction loadFacebookScript(){\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '529056027274737');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n}\nwindow.addEventListener('load', (event) => {\n\tsetTimeout(function(){\n        loadFacebookScript();\n\t}, 5000);\n});\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatvnews.com\/sports\/tennis\/australian-open-2025-draw-sumit-nagal-to-face-novak-djokovic-in-potential-3rd-round-sinner-gets-easy-draw-2025-01-09-970410\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Source : GETTY Novak Djokovic and Sumit Nagal at Australian Open 2025 Sumit Nagal was drawn against the world No.25\u00a0Tomas Machac in the first round of the men&#8217;s singles at the Australian Open 2025 on Thursday. 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