My Prediction: Thiem will be in a bad shape and will be stopped at the QF. Nadal and Djokovic will clash on SF. The final will be Djokovic vs Medvedev and the russian will grab his first Grand Slam title in 4 sets.

The first Major of the season ( Australian Open) will take place at Melbourne Park between February 5-21, gathering the world's finest players in more different conditions than ever before in Australia.

The players will arrive in Melbourne in mid-January and embrace a two-week quarantine, practicing only with a couple of rivals and having a chance to play two ATP 250 tournaments and the ATP Cup ahead of the first Australian Open encounters. If everything goes right, all the top-60 players will chase the first Major title of the season, including the six-time champion Roger Federer, who is trying to recover in time and enter the draw.

The defending champion and the record-holder Novak Djokovic will be the top seed, seeking the ninth Melbourne crown ahead of Rafael Nadal, Dominic Thiem and Daniil Medvedev. Nadal is trying to win the first title since 2009, and Thiem is eager to go a step further than in 2020. The Austrian was two sets to one up against the Serb in the title clash, only to lose ground and suffer a five-sets loss.

Roger Federer reached the semis last January before experiencing a knee injury and skipping the rest of the season, hoping to get back and chase the 21st Major title in February. Alexander Zverev should be in contention too if he brings his best tennis, reaching the semis in Melbourne this year and hoping for more in less than two months.

Source: https://tennisuptodate.com/atp/djokovic-nadal-thiem-federer-to-compete-in-melbourne

Australian Open 2021 Entry List:
1 DJOKOVIC, Novak SRB 1
2 NADAL, Rafael ESP 2
3 THIEM, Dominic AUT 3
4 MEDVEDEV, Daniil RUS 4
5 TSITSIPAS, Stefanos GRE 6
6 ZVEREV, Alexander GER 7
7 RUBLEV, Andrey RUS 8
8 SCHWARTZMAN, Diego ARG 9
9 BERRETTINI, Matteo ITA 10
10 MONFILS, Gael FRA 11
11 SHAPOVALOV, Denis CAN 12
12 BAUTISTA AGUT, Roberto ESP 13
13 RAONIC, Milos CAN 14
14 GOFFIN, David BEL 15
15 CARRENO BUSTA, ESP 16
16 FOGNINI, Fabio ITA 17
17 WAWRINKA, Stan SUI 18
18 DIMITROV, Grigor BUL 19
19 KHACHANOV, Karen RUS 20
20 AUGER-ALIASSIME, Felix CAN 21
21 GARIN, Cristian CHI 22
22 DE MINAUR, Alex AUS 23
23 CORIC, Borna CRO 24
24 ISNER, John USA 25
25 LAJOVIC, Dusan SRB 26
26 RUUD, Casper NOR 27
27 PAIRE, Benoit FRA 28
28 FRITZ, Taylor USA 29
29 HUMBERT, Ugo FRA 30
30 KRAJINOVIC, Filip SRB 31
31 EVANS, Daniel GBR 32
32 SONEGO, Lorenzo ITA 33
33 HURKACZ, Hubert POL 34
34 MANNARINO, Adrian FRA 35
35 STRUFF, Jan-Lennard GER 36
36 SINNER, Jannik ITA 37
37 MILLMAN, John AUS 38
38 OPELKA, Reilly USA 39
39 BASILASHVILI, Nikoloz GEO 40
40 NISHIKORI, Kei JPN 41
41 CILIC, Marin CRO 42
42 PELLA, Guido ARG 43
43 KECMANOVIC, Miomir SRB 44
44 KYRGIOS, Nick AUS 45
45 RAMOS-VINOLAS, Albert ESP 46
46 GASQUET, Richard FRA 47
47 EDMUND, Kyle AUS 48
48 SANDGREN, Tennys USA 49
49 BUBLIK, Alexander KAZ 50
50 THOMPSON, Jordan AUS 51
51 DAVIDOVICH FOKINA, Alejandro ESP 52
52 QUERREY, Sam USA 53
53 PAUL, Tommy USA 54
54 FUCSOVICS, Marton HUN 55
55 NISHIOKA, Yoshihito JPN 56
56 DJERE, Laslo SRB 57
57 BEDENE, Aljaz SLO 58
58 TIAFOE, Frances USA 59
59 ANDUJAR, Pablo ESP 60
60 POSPISIL, Vasek CAN 61
61 SIMON, Gilles FRA 63
62 LOPEZ, Feliciano ESP 64
63 KOEPFER, Dominik GER 66
64 CUEVAS, Pablo URU 67
65 VESELY, Jiri CZE 68
66 BERANKIS, Ricardas LTU 69
67 NORRIE, Cameron GBR 71
68 LU, Yen-Hsun TPE @71
69 JOHNSON, Steve USA 72
70 GIRON, Marcos USA 73
71 TRAVAGLIA, Stefano ITA 74
72 CHARDY, Jeremy FRA 75
73 CARUSO, Salvatore ITA 76
74 MOUTET, Corentin FRA 77
75 GERASIMOV, Egor BLR 78
76 LONDERO, Juan Ignacio ARG 79
77 CECCHINATO, Marco ITA 80
78 ANDERSON, Kevin RSA 81
79 DELBONIS, Federico ARG 82
80 HERBERT, Pierre-Hugues FRA 83
81 MCDONALD, Mackenzie USA @83
82 MONTEIRO, Thiago BRA 84
83 MARTINEZ, Pedro ESP 85
84 RUUSUVUORI, Emil FIN 86
85 HARRIS, Lloyd RSA 87
86 GOMBOS, Norbert SVK 88
87 KUKUSHKIN, Mikhail KAZ 89
88 SOUSA, Joao POR 90
89 CORIA, Federico ARG 91
90 BALAZS, Attila HUN 92
91 ALBOT, Radu MDA 93
92 YMER, Mikael SWE 94
93 KWON, Soonwoo KOR 95
94 NOVAK, Dennis AUT 96
95 CARBALLES BAENA, Roberto ESP 97
96 HANFMANN, Yannick GER 98
97 MAGER, Gianluca ITA 100
98 MARTIN, Andrej SVK 101
99 SUGITA, Yuichi JPN 102
100 DUCKWORTH, James 103
101 UCHIYAMA, Yasutaka JPN 104

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