Australian Open 2023: Who can stop Novak Djokovic winning record-extending 10th title?

Novak Djokovic has not mislaid astatine the Australian Open since 2018

Can anyone contradict Novak Djokovic a record-extending 10th men's singles rubric astatine the Australian Open?

Of those inactive lasting successful Melbourne, 21-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic is the lone large winner.

Despite being hampered by a hamstring injury, helium has mislaid lone 1 acceptable successful his 4 matches truthful acold arsenic helium looks to marque up for mislaid clip aft missing past year's tournament.

The erstwhile satellite fig one, who was deported aft his visa was cancelled successful 2022, has not mislaid a lucifer astatine the Australian Open since 2018.

Can anyone halt him this year?

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Andrey Rublev

Andrey Rublev has ne'er precocious beyond the quarter-finals astatine the Australian Open

Fifth effect Rublev volition beryllium the adjacent to try, erstwhile helium takes connected Djokovic successful the quarter-finals.

The Russian came backmost from 5-0 down successful a final-set tie-break to bushed Danish 19-year-old Holger Rune successful the 4th round.

Rublev, 25, is aiming to scope a maiden Grand Slam semi-final but has mislaid successful consecutive sets successful 2 of his 3 erstwhile encounters with Djokovic.

Stefanos Tsitsipas

Stefanos Tsitsipas is into the past 8 successful Melbourne for the 4th time

Greek 3rd effect Tsitsipas is the highest ranked subordinate remaining successful the gully and has reached the semi-final signifier successful Melbourne successful 3 of the past 4 years.

The 2021 French Open finalist, 24, had won 11 successive sets earlier helium survived a fightback by Jannik Sinner successful the 4th round.

Jiri Lehecka

Lehecka had not won a Grand Slam lucifer earlier this tourney but is present done to a archetypal large quarter-final

Awaiting Tsitsipas successful the quarter-finals is 21-year-old Czech Lehecka, who had not won a main-draw lucifer astatine a Grand Slam anterior to this tournament.

Knocked retired successful the archetypal circular connected his debut astatine each 4 Slams past year, helium has already caused respective upsets successful Melbourne by knocking retired 21st effect Borna Coric, 11th effect Cameron Norrie and sixth effect Felix Auger-Aliassime.

Karen Khachanov

Karen Khachanov is the existent satellite fig 20

Russian 18th effect Khachanov, 26, progressed to the Australian Open past 8 successful style, signaling consecutive bagel sets successful a 6-0 6-0 7-6 (7-4) triumph implicit Yoshihito Nishioka.

Having ne'er gone beyond the 3rd circular astatine Melbourne Park, Khachanov is aiming to scope his 4th large quarter-final aft signaling his champion Slam effect astatine past year's US Open by reaching the last four.

Sebastian Korda

Sebastian Korda is done to the quarter-finals successful Melbourne for the archetypal time

Khachanov volition travel up against American 29th effect Korda next, pursuing the 22-year-old's fantastic tally to the quarters.

Korda, the lad of erstwhile Tour-level players Petr and Regina and member of erstwhile women's satellite fig 1 golfer Nelly, bushed 2022 finalist Daniil Medvedev successful the 3rd circular earlier seeing disconnected 10th effect Hubert Hurkacz successful the past 16.

Ben Shelton

Ben Shelton was ranked satellite fig 569 past year

American Shelton, 20, is the chartless quantity of this year's Australian Open, reaching the quarter-finals successful his archetypal travel extracurricular the United States.

He has already bested his father's Grand Slam grounds aft Bryan Shelton reached the 4th circular of Wimbledon successful 1994, but the circuit newbie has spoken of the state helium feels having already exceeded expectations successful Melbourne.

Shelton, ranked 89th successful the world, volition instrumentality connected Tommy Paul successful an all-American quarter-final.

Tommy Paul

Unseeded Tommy Paul had mislaid successful the 2nd circular successful his past 2 visits to Melbourne

The 2023 Australian Open is already 1 to retrieve for Paul, who is enjoying his longest tally astatine a Grand Slam having ne'er antecedently progressed past the 3rd round.

The 25-year-old satellite fig 35 defeated circuit seasoned Roberto Bautista Agut successful 4 sets successful the 4th circular - his 2nd triumph implicit a effect successful Melbourne having earlier beaten different Spaniard, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, successful 5 sets.

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