{"id":181895,"date":"2016-01-15T09:24:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T09:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=181895"},"modified":"2016-01-15T09:24:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T09:24:59","slug":"australian-open-2016-andy-murray-to-face-zverev-in-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/01\/australian-open-2016-andy-murray-to-face-zverev-in-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2016: Andy Murray to face Zverev in opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>British number one Andy Murray will face German teenager Alexander Zverev in the first round of the Australian Open, which begins on 18 January.<\/p>\n<p>The Scot aims to win his first title in Melbourne, having lost in four finals, including last year to Novak Djokovic.<\/p>\n<p>World number one Djokovic starts against South Korea&#8217;s Hyeon Chung.<\/p>\n<p>Women&#8217;s champion Serena Williams has a tough draw, starting with Italy&#8217;s Camila Giorgi, the highest-ranked unseeded player.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about the other Brits?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Four other Britons are in round one of the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s singles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Johanna Konta v Venus Williams (US)<\/li>\n<li>Heather Watson v Timea Babos (Hungary)<\/li>\n<li>Aljaz Bedene v Steve Johnson (US)<\/li>\n<li>Kyle Edmund v Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia-Herzegovina)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They could be joined by Dan Evans, who is playing American Bjorn Fratangelo in the final round of qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>Konta&#8217;s match with Williams is a particularly enticing prospect.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m looking forward to the challenge,&#8221; said the Brit, who almost beat Williams in October.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who is Murray&#8217;s opponent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Murray comfortably beat Zverev, an 18-year-old from Hamburg, in the Hopman Cup last week.<\/p>\n<p>Zverev is 6ft 6in tall, ranked 83rd in the world and is widely considered one of the game&#8217;s rising stars.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, he beat world number 12 Kevin Anderson in Washington, the destructive South African who knocked Murray out of the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>Zverev has never been past the second round of a Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What about the other big names?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the key first-round ties:<\/p>\n<p><b>Men&#8217;s draw:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stan Wawrinka v Dmitry Tursunov (Russia)<\/li>\n<li>Roger Federer v Nikoloz Basilashvili (Georgia)<\/li>\n<li>Rafael Nadal v Fernando Verdasco (Spain)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Women&#8217;s draw:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maria Sharapova v Nao Hibino (Japan)<\/li>\n<li>Agnieszka Radwanska v Christina McHale (US)<\/li>\n<li>Victoria Azarenka v Alison Van Uytvanck (Belgium)\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who will make the quarter-finals?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If the seedings go to plan, these are how they will look:<\/p>\n<p><b>Women:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serena Williams v Maria Sharapova<\/li>\n<li>Agnieszka Radwanska v Petra Kvitova<\/li>\n<li>Garbine Muguruza v Angelique Kerber<\/li>\n<li>Simona Halep v Venus Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Men:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Novak Djokovc v Kei Nishikori<\/li>\n<li>Roger Federer v Tomas Berdych<\/li>\n<li>Stan Wawrinka v Rafael Nadal<\/li>\n<li>Andy Murray v David Ferrer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British number one Andy Murray will face German teenager Alexander Zverev in the first round of the Australian Open, which begins on 18 January. 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