Australian Open 2018: Projected routes to the men’s singles final for the top players

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Rafael Nadal

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2018 Australian Open Draw
Roger Federer

Defending champion Roger Federer is chasing an unprecedented 20th Grand Slam title as he prepares to win a record-equalling 6th Australian Open title. He begins his defence of the title with a first round match against Aljaž Bedene. He then could face the German Jan-Lennard Struff in the second round.

The draw is not as kind for Roger as it is for Nadal as he might begin facing the well-known names in the tennis circuit starting in the third round itself, where Richard Gasquet could meet him.

The fourth round could see him facing American No. 1 Sam Querrey. In the quarter-finals, he faces the prospect of facing David Goffin, followed by a semi-final against one of the most promising young players on the circuit, World No. 4 Alexander Zverev.

When all that is said and done, we could see Federer and Nadal grace the court yet again as if the clocks stopped running for a decade.

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Edited by Sudeshna Banerjee
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