Federer, Konta and Zverev all targeting Australian Open success

The form suggests she shouldn’t play a part Down Under. But as tennis fans have seen before, the Sydney-native is not averse to pulling out a big performance when it matters most.

Zverev set for Grand Slam breakthrough?

Alexander Zverev enjoyed a stunning 2017. The 20-year-old German star rose from 24^th to 4^th in the ATP World Tour Rankings and capped a fantastic year with success in the Italian and Canadian Open.

It’s fair to say that big things are expected of the Hamburg-born star in the future. And the Coral News Team are wondering whether that expectation could come to fruition in Melbourne. Zverev is yet to really make his mark at a Grand Slam. A fourth round appearance at Wimbledon is as far as he’s gone at one of the four majors.

But as his quality and experience continue to grow, so too does the belief that one of tennis’ newest stars has what it takes to land one of the sport’s grandest prizes. He’s 10/1 for success Down Under.

Vandeweghe to get one over the line?

CoCo Vandeweghe was the nearly woman last season. The 26-year-old reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open this time last year, only to lose out in a deciding set to Venus Williams. She then made it to the semis of the US Open in September before crashing out to Madison Keys.

Sandwich in a quarter-final appearance at Wimbledon and it’s clear that Vandeweghe has the quality to challenge the top stars. If she can overcome her semi-final hoodoo, you get the feeling that she could go all the way. She’s a big-price at 25/1 to shock the field.

Jamie Murray at the double

Britain may only have one representative in the Single’s competitions, but Jamie Murray will be flying the flag in the Doubles. He partners Brazilian ace Bruno Soares looking to repeat their 2016 success against Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek.

Murray and Soares are an accomplished pairs partnership and should go close again as the fifth-ranked seeds. Their main competitors are the Polish-Brazilian duo of Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo.

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