Australian Open 2023: Kyrgios drawn with Safiullin, de Minaur’s potential nightmare path

The men’s and women’s singles draws are done and dusted for you to digest.

Get set for a massive fortnight of tennis. We’ll bring you every minute of the action from Melbourne Park.

Catch up on all the match-ups and potential paths to the final (with some players still to qualify) below:

Nick Kyrgios will face Roman Safiullin in the first round.

There’s the prospect of Holger Rune in the third round and, more enticingly, maybe even Novak Djokovic in the quarter-finals.

KYRGIOS’ POTENTIAL AUSTRALIAN OPEN PATH:

Round 1: Roman Safiullin (confirmed)
Round 2: Richard Gasquet or Ugo Humbert
Round 3: Holger Rune
Round 4: Andrey Rublev
Quarter-finals: Novak Djokovic, Alex De Minaur
Semi-finals: Casper Ruud, Taylor Fritz
Final: Rafael Nadal, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Daniil Medvedev

A reminder that Casper Rudd is the number two seed.

Novak Djokovic lands in the bottom half of the draw. He can only play Nadal in the final.

Here’s a potential run to the final for Djokovic:

First round: Carballes Baena
Second round: Dellien/Q
Third round: Dimitrov
Fourth round: De Minaur/Carreno Busta
Quarter-final: Rublev/Kyrgios/Rune
Semi-final: Ruud/Fritz