Djokovic and Halys will take on each other in the second round of the Adelaide International 1 on Wednesday. The time is yet to be decided.
In each of Shelby Rogers' prior WTA 500 appearances in Adelaide, she reached the quarterfinals.
Veronika Kudermetova recently completed the best season of her career, one in which she achieved both her singles (#9) and doubles (#2) personal best rankings.
The Russian, who started the season outside the top 20, went on to finish with a single-digit ranking.
On the main tour, Kecmanovic achieved six consecutive quarterfinal finishes (or better), including at the Indian Wells Masters and Miami Masters, and he made his top-30 debut.
It will be interesting to see where and how the gifted teen can improve over the next 11 months after making such remarkable progress.
Auger Aliassime had a very successful season in 2022, and some of the accomplishments he made during the year must have relieved him of a lot of stress.
The 27-year-old can operate with flat and powerful groundstrokes which gives him plenty of attacking options inside the baseline.
Nishikori started off as the underdog, taking on the likes of Wayne Odesnik, Pablo Andújar, Leonardo Mayer who were expected to get the better of him.
Aside from winning five singles titles, he has also finished runners-up in nine other finals, the most notable of those being the 2017 ATP World Tour Finals, where he lost to Grigo...