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Djokovic, 30, enters the 2018 Australian Open as the 14th seed, the first time he has been ranked outside the top 10 at the year's first Grand Slam in a decade, after missing much of 2017 with an elbow injury.

His hopes for a triumphant return at Melbourne Park were dealt a blow at the Australian Open draw on Thursday night with the Serbian set to face former top-10 player Gael Monfils in the second round before running into fourth seed Aleander Zverev and 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka.

Even if the six-time Australian Open champion should clear all those hurdles he could encounter 2017 champion Roger Federer in the semifinals.

Federer, who turned back the clock to win two Grand Slams in 2017 after a five-year drought, on Thursday night described the season as ""unbelievable.""

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A string of local hopes were also dealt difficult draws; 17-year-old Destanee Aiava will face world number one Simona Halep while fellow teenager Alex De Minaur, who has made the semi-finals at both the Brisbane and Sydney Internationals, will play Tomas Berdych.

Berdych, the 17th seed, has never lost to an Australian at a Grand Slam in seven matches.

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Seeded women in the tournament were lucky to avoid the threat of Maria Sharapova who is ranked 47th in the world after serving a doping suspension in 2017.

China's Zhang Shuai was not as lucky, drawing 2017 US Open Champ Sloane Stephens as she attempts to recreate the success of 2016 when she made the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.

Peng Shuai, China's highest ranked tennis player, was drawn against a qualifier.

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For Nets veteran Kevin Garnett, who will welcome his 20th season in NBA, it's a "fortune" to keep going.

The Kings will play the Nets here on Sunday noon in the 2014 NBA Global Games.

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Carl Landry has been to China several times before, and grows very popular after a several-year cooperation with former Chinese star center Yao Ming in Houston Rockets. Back to China again, he gives some guidances to his teammates on Chinese cultural habit.

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The Nets walked onto the court later, and the spotlight was on Garnett, an NBA name card that just averaged 6.6 points during an injury-plagued 2013-14 campaign.

"It's a fortune. I'm blessed to come here and play the game I love," said Garnett.

After crashing out of the semi-final in the Eastern Conference last season, the Nets lost another veteran Paul Pierce to Washington Wizards in the offseason.

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Lionel Hollins, whose last coaching stint with the Memphis Grizzlies yielded three straight trips to the playoffs, replaces Jason Kidd as a new head coach.

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Philip Dalidakis, Victoria's Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade, announced the recipients of the Victoria-Jiangsu Program for Technology and Innovation Research and Development (VIC-JS TECH) grants during an official visit to Nanjing on Friday.

The two regions signed a Technology and Innovation Agreement in 2015.

Dalidakis was joined on his visit to China by Daniel Andrews, Victoria's premier, who was one of 90 world leaders attending the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing.

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