ANALYSIS: Novak Djokovic became vulnerable in 2022 and those who capitalised can end his Australian Open dominance
Alcaraz will be fine though — he's just released a Calvin Klein campaign — and while the Spaniard being out is a bonus for Djokovic, plenty of other dangers loom after a cushy first few rounds of a draw that won't get really tough until a likely quarter final against either Rune, Rublev or Kyrgios.Those dangers are primarily what the ATP likes to refer to as Next Gen players, and they are the ones that gave Djokovic the most trouble last year.
Sinner came the closest but he blinked when it mattered, and Medvedev is the only man under 30 to have beaten Djokovic in a best of five sets match. In 2018, 15 of the top 20 players were over 25, and that dropped to 13 players in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Eleven of Korda's 15 aces were down the T and he won 81 per cent of points on his first serve when he went there, compared toSebastian Korda's ace chart against Novak Djokovic showed down the T is the way to go against the Serb.
Djokovic also seemed to be trying to emulate Medvedev at times, standing deeper than the Adelaide sign at the back of the Memorial Drive courts as he made some uncharacteristic return of serve errors.
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