Reigning Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic will start as the hot favourite, but Rinky Hijikata and John Fitzgerald say Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz are his most likely challengers.
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00:00 How do you see him being stopped, if at all, given his dominance here in Melbourne?
00:04 Yeah, you know, he's pretty tough.
00:06 He doesn't look like he's slowing down anytime soon.
00:09 But there's a lot of young guys at the moment chomping at the bit to try and get their crack
00:14 at him.
00:15 You know, obviously Yannick was playing some serious tennis at the end of the year and
00:20 guys like him and Carlos, I'm sure they'll be able to take it to him.
00:23 But yeah, whether they can beat him over the best of five sets is something completely
00:28 different.
00:29 And yeah, I guess it's exciting what we'll be able to see.
00:32 I think Novak always has to start favourite.
00:36 I mean, over five sets he's got so much experience.
00:40 Statistically now, he's won more than anyone else.
00:44 So he knows how to handle these conditions more than anyone else.
00:46 And he's got 10 of these under his belt.
00:48 So he has to start favourite, I think.
00:50 But the two obvious ones, we know who they are.
00:55 Valkyraz and also Yannick Sinner.
00:59 They're standing out and they're about to make a move, I think.
01:03 So he might have his work cut out, Novak, but there's no way you could bet against him,