Medvedev has a decent draw at the Australian Open, Rublev, Karatsev and Safiullin got much worse” – Tarpishchev

The President of the Russian Tennis Federation Shamil Tarpischev believes that Karen Khachanov and Daniil Medvedev were lucky with the draw at the Australian Open 2023, unlike Andrei Rublev, Aslan Karatsev and Roman Safiullin.

Rublev (5th seed) will face Austrian Dominic Thiem in the first round of the Australian Open. Medvedev (7) will face Marcos Giron of the USA in the first round. Khachanov’s opponent (18) will be the Spaniard Bernabé Zapata-Miralles, Safiullin will play with the Australian Nick Kiryos (19), Karatsev – with the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (27).

– Khachanov has an absolutely normal draw, he can go far, Karen is in the top 20 tennis players in the world. But everything will depend on the specific situation – in order to reach the semi-finals, you need to maintain physical condition, it can load up to the 1/16 finals.

We play every day, it’s not football right there, where they play two halves of 45 minutes and you can settle. You can settle down with us and you can play for 5 hours, I had a match for more than nine hours, it all depends on the load that he receives from match to match. Medvedev also has a decent, good draw, Rublev, Karatsev and Safiullin had much worse, Tarpishchev told Metaratings.ru.

The Australian Open will be held in Melbourne from 16 to 29 January.