The tennis year 2023 will certainly open with a bang. At the Adelaide 250 in January, which will serve the players to start their preparation for the Australian Open, there will be many of the greats of world tennis competing for the final victory in what will only be an ATP 250 on paper.
In fact, up to six of the fifteen best tennis players in the world will be present. At the head of these players will be Novak Djokovic, who will play again in Australia after his absence last season due to his unvaccinated condition, which led to his expulsion from the country after a tirade that lasted almost until the start of the Slam.
There will also be other important tennis players of the caliber of Felix Auger-Aliassime (who ended the year with victories and trophies), former world number one Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev, Holger Rune (the last tennis player to beat Djokovic) and the Italian Jannik Sinner.
On the subject of Djokovic and the vaccine that caused his expulsion from Australian lands, Paul McNamee spoke of the difficulties that the Serbian champion has had: “Many people do not agree with Novak Djokovic’s position on the anti-Covid vaccine, but It cannot be denied that he is a coherent person.
He stayed true to his principles and gave up two Slams this year. It should not be forgotten that Nole financed some vaccination clinics in Serbia and that his son received the double dose. Djokovic does not believe in the vaccine, but he has never incited others to follow in his footsteps.”
The Adelaide tournament, which began in 2020, had Andrej Rublev as its first winner. After a one-year hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic, it was played twice last season: the first time was Gael Monfils who triumphed against Lloyd Harris, the second time was Thanasi Kokkinakis who beat Arthur Rinderknech.
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Novak Djokovic might be the epitome of the adage: “It’s not how you start, but how you finish.” “That kind of performance could not come at a better moment for me, because I was looking really to get at that highest level and try to finish the season in style, and hopefully carry that momentum into the next season,” said Novak Djokovic during the Asics Tennis Summit in Marbella.
“That was a great way to finish the season. This season has been very challenging for me in many levels. The way I started was something I never experienced before. So it took me several months really to find a balance on the court mentally, physically, and emotionally, and to really be able to start playing tennis that I want to play,” said Djokovic.
