AustralianOpen preview: Allowed back in the country this year, the biggest cloud on Novak Djokovic’s immediate horizon could be a hamstring tweak. On the women's side, it's “definitely a tournament of opportunity” with several big players missing.
of Spain, 19, won his first Slam title at Flushing Meadows and became the youngest man ever ranked No. 1 in the world.
He’s primed to win on his favorite surface — hard courts — and in a place where he has won a record nine times. It helps him, too, that Alcaraz withdrew because of a leg injury. “There’s no doubt in my mind that he’s the clear favorite,” ESPN commentator Patrick McEnroe said during a media conference call. “Even if Alcaraz were in the tournament he’d be the clear favorite, but the hamstring is certainly a bit of an issue.”
The top-seeded American men are Southern Californian Taylor Fritz, at No. 8, and Maryland native Frances Tiafoe at No. 16. It’s too much to expect either to become the first American man to capture a Slam title since Andy Roddick won the 2003 U.S. Open, but both have had good results.
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