Novak Djokovic proved as soon as once more that he’s the grasp of Melbourne when he received his ninth Australian Open title final month. While the Serbian mentioned he was removed from assured in his title possibilities at occasions as a result of his hamstring tear, a number of of his ATP Tour colleagues had no drawback accurately choosing him to reclaim the crown on the yr’s first Grand Slam.

Denis Shapovalov, Jack Draper, John Isner and Thanasi Kokkinakis have been amongst these to accurately predict Djokovic’s triumph after we sat down with among the sport’s greatest stars to get their ideas on how the 2023 season will unfold. The professional panel additionally included Rafael Nadal, Daniil Medvedev and Karen Khachanov.

Djokovic was additionally the favored decide for the participant to win essentially the most ATP Masters 1000 titles. The Serbian is a pure alternative along with his document 38 trophies at that prestigious degree, together with two Career Golden Masters.

“Just because he’s so strong,” mentioned Medvedev, who joined Isner, Kokkinakis and Draper in deciding on the Serbian. “When he plays, he wins a lot of tournaments.”

There was additionally a variety of love for Jannik Sinner with three gamers—Nadal, Draper and Kokkinakis—tipping the Italian to win his first ATP Masters 1000 title this season. Sinner has reached one ATP Masters 1000 last, in 2021 in Miami, the place he misplaced to Hubert Hurkacz.

“He was close, he’s young, he’s growing,” mentioned Nadal. “He has the right potential. Why not?”