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The men’s and women’s singles draws for the 2021 Australian Open are now known, and as you can always expect at this time of year, there will be some cracking matches to watch over the next fortnight.
I will start in the men’s draw, where Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are the top two seeds meaning they cannot face each other until the final. Neither can Dominic Thiem or Daniil Medvedev, who have been assigned to Djokovic’s and Nadal’s sides of the draw respectively.