Federer, Nadal placed in same half of Australian Open draw

Twenty-three times Grand Slam champion Roger Federer and Spanish tennis ace Rafael Nadal are in the same half of the Australian Open draw. The top seed of the tournament Novak Djokovic, on the other hand, has got Alexander Zverev of Germany in his draw.While Federer will play his opening match of the tournament against Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin, second seed Nadal will take on Australia's James Duckworth in his first round.The defending champion, while talking about the tournament draws, said that his focus is on his first round and is not putting too much pressure on himself with the thought of defending the title."The moment that you find out the draw before you play, you shift your focus to the first round - and not considering whether you can win a seventh title. You simplify your preparations. I can't believe I won the past two titles, so in a way that has to be the goal, but I'm not putting too much pressure on myself," WTA quoted Federer, as saying.When asked about the ...