The revelation of the Australian Open draw signifies that the Grand Slam tennis season is quick approaching.
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, Gabriel Diallo, Leylah Fernandez and Rebecca Marino discovered their Australian Open first-round opponents within the draw on Thursday in Melbourne.
Fernandez, ranked thirtieth amongst ladies, will face world quantity 100 Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine. It is going to be the primary dwell assembly between the 2 gamers.
98th-ranked Marino, who earned a late spot in the primary draw after some withdrawals, takes on No. 22 seed Katie Boulter of Nice Britain. Boulter has a 2-0 lead within the lifetime collection.
Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus is the highest seed. He faces veteran American Sloane Stephens within the first spherical.
On the lads’s facet, 87th-ranked Diallo will make his match debut in opposition to No. 90 Luca Nardi of Italy. The 2 have by no means been matched once more in ATP play.
Auger-Aliassime, seeded quantity 29, takes on world quantity 42 Jan-Lennard Struff of Germany. They cut up 4 profession video games.
The 58th-ranked Shapovalov meets world quantity 51 Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain. The Canadian has a 3-0 collection edge.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner of Italy is the No. 1 seed. He faces Nicolas Jarry of Chile within the opening spherical.
The match begins on Sunday (Saturday evening in Canada).
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