{"id":276689,"date":"2023-01-12T04:57:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T04:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/12\/djokovic-faces-carballes-baena-swiatek-meets-niemeier-at-australian-open-tennis-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-12T04:57:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T04:57:16","slug":"djokovic-faces-carballes-baena-swiatek-meets-niemeier-at-australian-open-tennis-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/12\/djokovic-faces-carballes-baena-swiatek-meets-niemeier-at-australian-open-tennis-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Djokovic faces Carballes Baena, Swiatek meets Niemeier at Australian Open | Tennis News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-96929041,imgsize-41562.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>MELBOURNE: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/novak-djokovic\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_novak-djokovic\" frmappuse=\"1\">Novak Djokovic<\/a> will begin his quest for a record-extending 10th <!-- -->Australian Open<!-- --> title against Roberto Carballes Baena while top-ranked <!-- -->Iga Swiatek<!-- --> meets <!-- -->Jule Niemeier<!-- -->, following the draw for the year&#8217;s first Grand Slam on Thursday.<br \/>Defending champion <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/rafa-nadal\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_rafa-nadal\" frmappuse=\"1\">Rafa Nadal<\/a> will look for his first win of 2023 when he takes on Jack Draper in his opener, as the Spanish top seed looks to put an injury-hit 2022 and a shaky start to the new season behind him.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal won last year&#8217;s title in an epic final beating Russian Daniil Medvedev, who takes on Marcos Giron first. 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Tunisian Jabeur was runner-up at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year.<br \/>Sofia Kenin and <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/victoria-azarenka\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_victoria-azarenka\" frmappuse=\"1\">Victoria Azarenka<\/a> will meet in an opening round clash featuring two former champions.<\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n               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