Rivals of Russian tennis players at the Australian Open have become known

On January 15, the draw for the Australian Open 2026 tournament was held in Australia, following which the rivals of Russian tennis players in men's singles became known.

Tennis player Daniil Medvedev (11th racket of the world) will play Jesper de Jong from the Netherlands in the first round. Andrey Rublev (13th in the ranking) will face Italian Matteo Arnaldi, and Karen Khachanov (15th in the ranking) will play American Alex Michelsen.

Medvedev and Rublev ended up in the second quarter of the grid, where Alexander Zverev and Felix Auger-Alliassim are also located. They can face each other in the 1/4 finals. Khachanov got into the fourth quarter, where his potential opponents will be Yannick Sinner and Ben Shelton. Khachanov's meeting with Sinner may take place as early as the 1/8 finals.

The main matches of the Australian Open-2026 tournament will begin on January 18.

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In December 2025, it was reported that 12 Russian tennis players would compete in the 2026 Australian Open. Mirra Andreeva, Ekaterina Alexandrova, Lyudmila Samsonova, Diana Schneider, Veronika Kudermetova, Anna Kalinskaya, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Anna Blinkova and Oksana Selekhmetyeva will take part in the women's singles of the championship.

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