Australian Open 2013: Under-the-Radar Players Looking to Make Deep Runs

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Published: January 15, 2013

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While all eyes will be on Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray, some of the under-the-radar players at the Australian Open will quietly be making their way through the tournament.

There’s still plenty of tennis left for one of the top remaining seeds to get upset, opening the door for someone else to advance through their side of the bracket. With the way the brackets are setup, there’s plenty of time for one of the lesser-known players to keep winning, meet a star in the quarterfinals and potentially advance past that as well.

Let’s take a look to see who could turn some heads and make it into the final instead of one of the three aforementioned stars.

 

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga



The seventh seed at the Australian Open, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has one of the easier routes through the Australian Open. If he continues to win, he wouldn’t have to play the top seed in his quarter of the bracket—Roger Federer—until the quarterfinals.

Wilfried opened up the tournament with a relatively easily win over Michael Llodra and will face Go Soeda in the second round. He really shouldn’t have any trouble until the potential matchup with Federer. And if Federer is knocked out by that time, Tsonga is in fantastic shape.

Tsonga has had some trouble making his way through the Australian Open in the past—having failed to advance past the fourth round since 2010—but this year looks to be the year where he avenges his finals loss from 2008.

 

Andrey Kuznetsov

If you haven’t heard about Andrey Kuznetsov, it’s time to start paying attention. Of the few upsets from the opening round, one of them was credited to Kuznetsov. He took down 11th-seeded Juan Monaco in straight sets to advance to the second round.



Kuznetsov is ranked 79th in singles and is not expected to ma...
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