\u201cI always love coming to Australia and really look forward to seeing everyone out in Brisbane.\u201d<\/p>\n
Medvedev is the first player announced on the men\u2019s side of the draw for the tournament beginning on January 4, and will be joined in Brisbane by leading women\u2019s stars Aryna Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina and Madison Keys.<\/p>\n
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The one-time grand slam champion and three-time Australian Open finalist will hope to emulate the feats of Sabalenka, who backed up her Brisbane International title this year with a third-straight appearance in the Open final.<\/p>\n
Sabalenka has a recent history of success in Brisbane, having lost the 2024 final to Rybakina before claiming the grand slam that year. The world No.1 then triumphed this year and went on to reach the Australian Open final again, before losing to Keys in an enthralling three-set decider.<\/p>\n
Keys\u2019 unveiling for the tournament locks in three of the world\u2019s top 10 women\u2019s players for the competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love starting my year in Brisbane. It has such an easy, welcoming vibe. The fans really get behind the players, and it makes every match feel special,\u201d Keys said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe venue, the crowds and the atmosphere \u2026 it all comes together and reminds me why playing in Australia is so much fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
Brisbane International tournament director Cameron Pearson said: \u201cTo secure three of the world\u2019s top 10 women this early speaks to why the players love coming to Queensland.\u201d<\/p>\n
More players will be announced in the coming weeks, with tickets now on sale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cI always love coming to Australia and really look forward to seeing everyone out in Brisbane.\u201d Medvedev is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-293688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}