Australian Open 2018: Projected routes to the men’s singles final for the top players

Roger Federer

Roger Federer

Defending champion Roger Federer is chasing an unprecedented 20th Grand Slam title as he prepares to win a record-equalling 6th Australian Open title. He begins his defence of the title with a first round match against Aljaž Bedene. He then could face the German Jan-Lennard Struff in the second round.

The draw is not as kind for Roger as it is for Nadal as he might begin facing the well-known names in the tennis circuit starting in the third round itself, where Richard Gasquet could meet him.

The fourth round could see him facing American No. 1 Sam Querrey. In the quarter-finals, he faces the prospect of facing David Goffin, followed by a semi-final against one of the most promising young players on the circuit, World No. 4 Alexander Zverev.

When all that is said and done, we could see Federer and Nadal grace the court yet again as if the clocks stopped running for a decade.