The world No. 1 makes his tournament debut against world No. 72 Hugo Dellien of Bolivia, while world No. 2 Karolina Pliskova headlines the women's tournament.
, but his only triumph in the first Grand Slam tournament of the season came 11 years ago, when he defeated Roger Federer in an epic five-set match.
"I am practising I think more or less okay. Just two more days of practice [remain for me]," Nadal said at his press conference on Saturday."Let's try to keep going with the right intensity and with the right feelings. Hopefully I will be ready for Tuesday." Aside from Nadal, a number of high-profile players are in action on Tuesday, with Medvedev taking on the U.S.' Frances Tiafoe in the first match of the evening session at the Rod Laver Arena.
"It's a great matchup," he said."He was in the quarters here last year, again [he will be] super motivated. But I think it's going to be a great match. Of course, I want to do my best to win it. Hopefully I can show some good tennis. [Playing] like this, I'm going to have my chances."
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