The Australian Open will be place from January 16 to January 29, 2023, with Rafael Nadal as the defending men's singles champion.
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According to Australian tennis pro John Millman, Nick Kyrgios, Hubert Hurkacz, and Taylor Fritz will all be very dangerous at the 2023 Australian Open. The Australian Open will be place from January 16 to January 29, 2023, with Rafael Nadal as the defending men’s singles champion. Ashleigh Barty, the women’s singles champion, will not compete due to her retirement in March. With the first Major of 2023 less than a month away, Millman took to social media to reveal that he had tried the new tennis balls that will be used in the Grand Slam, claiming that they were very light and quick, which will benefit big servers like Kyrgios, Hurkacz, and Fritz.
After hitting with the AO 2023 Dunlop balls for the past week, my overall impression is that they are light and quick, especially when new. Even in Brisbane’s humid conditions, it’s not easy to keep under control at first. “This AO is very dangerous with NK [Nick Kyrgios], Hurkacz, and Fritz,” Millman tweeted. When one user urged Millman to compare the new balls to those used at the US Open, the Australian responded by saying that the balls were lighter.
Nick Kyrgios had a rough start to the year, losing in four sets in the second round of the Australian Open to top seed Daniil Medvedev. The Australian then missed the French Open for the fifth time in a row. The Wimbledon Championships, where he reached his first Major final, was one of his best performances of the season. The Australian, however, could not go the distance and was defeated by 21-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic. On his way to the final at SW19, Nick Kyrgios defeated players such as Paul Jubb, Filip Krajinovic, Stefanos Tsitsipas, and Cristian Garin, with his semifinal match against Rafael Nadal being cancelled due to the Spaniard’s injury-forced withdrawal.
Meanwhile, Taylor Fritz was defeated by Stefanos Tsitsipas in the fourth round of the Australian Open, but his performance helped him break into the top 20 of the ATP rankings. After that, the American struggled at the French Open, losing in the second round to qualifier Bernabe Zapata. He bounced back at Wimbledon, reaching the quarterfinals before being eliminated in a five-set quarterfinal battle by Rafael Nadal. This was followed by an early exit from the US Open.
Hubert Hurkacz, on the other hand, struggled in all of this year’s Majors, beginning with the Australian Open, where he was eliminated in the second round by Adrian Mannarino. Following that, he was knocked out in the fourth, first, and second rounds of the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open, respectively.
