Australian Open: Tough odds for Sinner and Seppi

The 36-year-old Seppi from Kalter meets Pablo Cuevas (ATP 70) from Uruguay in the first round, while Sinner from Sexten has to play against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (ATP 12). After the Corona chaos of the last few days in Melbourne, the main draw for the first Grand Slam tournament of the year was drawn early on Friday morning CET. Seppi, who failed to open the ATP 250 tournament in Melbourne on Monday against Salvatore Caruso, is playing his 63rd Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne, the 62nd in a row. He has taken part in every Grand Slam tournament since Wimbledon 2005. Only the Spaniard Feliciano Lopez currently has a longer streak with 74 consecutive participations. The South Tyrolean is contesting the Australian Open for the 16th time in a row this year. He made it to the fourth round four times in the last eight years, in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018. Last year Seppi reached the second round, but then had to admit defeat to the Swiss Stan Wawrinka in a five-set thriller. The Überetscher has to defend 45 ATP points next week. The current number 107 in the world will start in Australia against 35-year-old Pablo Cuevas from Uruguay, who is 37 places ahead of him in the ATP rankings. Seppi goes into this match as an underdog, but he doesn't stand a chance against the experienced South American. Seppi and Cuevas have already faced each other three times in their careers: in the semi-finals in Kitzbühel in 2010 and at the Masters 2015 in Paris-Bercy in 1000, Seppi prevailed in two sets, while Cuevas was able to hold his own in Umag in 2014. Bad luck for sinners The 19-year-old Sinner from Sexten, on the other hand, is contesting the sixth Grand Slam tournament in his career. The Pusterer, who is currently serving at the ATP 250 tournament in Melbourne, was extremely unlucky in the draw. Sinner, currently number 36 in the world, will face world number 12 right at the start. from Canada, Denis Shapovalov. The 21-year-old Shapovalov is a world-class player, but he has never gotten further than the third round at the Australian Open. Last year, Sinner eliminated the Australian qualifier Max Purcell at the start, and in the second round he had to admit defeat to the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics in three sets.

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Australian Open: Tough odds for Sinner and Seppi

The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam tournament of the season, begins in Melbourne on the night of Sunday to Monday. Also taking part are South Tyrol's tennis aces Andreas Seppi and Jannik Sinner, who really get down to business in the first round.

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