Venus Williams<\/a> (USA)<\/p>\nWhat to watch out for in the draw<\/p>\n
British No 1 Emma Raducanu is seeded at the Australian Open, which means she cannot play another seed until the third round. However, if she gets there she could face any of the top eight, so will hope to avoid landing in the same section as the likes of Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek. <\/p>\n
Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka, 16th, would be a dangerous fourth-round draw for one of the top seeds. As for the unseeded players, former grand slam champions Marketa Vondrousova and Barbora Krejickova had good runs at the US Open and could be dangerous floaters in the draw, while Daria Kasatkina and Maria Sakkari could also be ones to avoid as they look to bounce back from difficult years. <\/p>\n
Also, look out for Venus Williams\u2019s first-round opponent as she accepts a wildcard at the age of 45. <\/p>\n
Men\u2019s seeds and confirmed entry list <\/p>\n
Provisional seeding – based on ranking points as of Monday 5 January <\/p>\n
1. Carlos Alcaraz, Spain, 12050<\/p>\n
2. Jannik Sinner, Italy, 11500<\/p>\n
3. Alexander Zverev, Germany, 5105<\/p>\n
4. Novak Djokovic, Serbia, 4780<\/p>\n
5. Felix Auger-Aliassime, Canada, 4190<\/p>\n
6. Alex de Minaur, Australia, 4080<\/p>\n
7. Lorenzo Musetti, Italy, 3990<\/p>\n
8. Ben Shelton, USA, 3960<\/p>\n
9. Taylor Fritz, USA, 3840<\/p>\n
10. Alexander Bublik, Kazakhstan, 2845<\/p>\n
11. Casper Ruud, Norway, 2750<\/p>\n
12. Daniil Medvedev, Russia, 2710<\/p>\n
13. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, Spain, 2585<\/p>\n
14. Andrey Rublev, Russia, 2510<\/p>\n
15. Karen Khachanov, Russia, 2320<\/p>\n
16. Jakub Mensik, Czechia, 2130<\/p>\n
17. Jiri Lehecka, Czechia, 2075<\/p>\n
18. Tommy Paul, USA, 2050<\/p>\n
19. Francisco Cerundolo, Argentina, 2035<\/p>\n
20. Flavio Cobolli, Italy, 1955<\/p>\n
21. Denis Shapovalov, Canada, 1665<\/p>\n
22. Luciano Darderi, Italy, 1579<\/p>\n
23. Tallon Griekspoor, Netherlands, 1565<\/p>\n
24. Learner Tien, USA, 1540<\/p>\n
25. Arthur Rinderknech, France, 1527<\/p>\n
26. Cameron Norrie, Great Britain, 1523<\/p>\n
27. Joao Fonseca, Brazil, 1510<\/p>\n
28. Frances Tiafoe, USA, 1485<\/p>\n
29. Valentin Vacherot, Monaco, 1469<\/p>\n
30. Corentin Moutet, France, 1383<\/p>\n
31. Brandon Nakashima, USA, 1380<\/p>\n
32. Stefanos Tsitsipas, Greece, 1380<\/p>\n
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Corentin Moutet<\/p>\n
Jaume Munar<\/p>\n
Ugo Humbert<\/p>\n
Alex Michelsen<\/p>\n
Lorenzo Sonego<\/p>\n
Gabriel Diallo<\/p>\n
Alexandre Muller<\/p>\n
Zizou Bergs<\/p>\n
Grigor Dimitrov<\/p>\n
Sebastian Baez<\/p>\n
Daniel Altmaier<\/p>\n
Nuno Borges<\/p>\n
Sebastian Korda<\/p>\n
Camilo Ugo Carabelli<\/p>\n
Reilly Opelka<\/p>\n
Fabian Marozsan<\/p>\n
Miomir Kecmanovic<\/p>\n
Jenson Brooksby<\/p>\n
Alexei Popyrin<\/p>\n
Marton Fucsovics<\/p>\n
Matteo Berrettini<\/p>\n
Juncheng Shang<\/p>\n
Damir Dzumhur<\/p>\n
Valentin Royer<\/p>\n
Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard<\/p>\n
Tomas Martin Etcheverry<\/p>\n
Zhizhen Zhang<\/p>\n
Francisco Comesana<\/p>\n
Aleksandar Kovacevic<\/p>\n
Matteo Arnaldi<\/p>\n
Kamil Majchrzak<\/p>\n
Terence Atmane<\/p>\n
Marcos Giron<\/p>\n
Arthur Cazaux<\/p>\n
Gael Monfils<\/p>\n
Adrian Mannarino<\/p>\n
Ethan Quinn<\/p>\n
Jacob Fearnley<\/p>\n
Mariano Navone<\/p>\n
Hubert Hurkacz<\/p>\n
Mattia Bellucci<\/p>\n
Marin Cilic<\/p>\n
Jesper De Jong<\/p>\n
Botic Van De Zandschulp<\/p>\n
Adam Walton<\/p>\n
Filip Misolic<\/p>\n
Cristian Garin<\/p>\n
Alejandro Tabilo<\/p>\n
Aleksandar Vukic<\/p>\n
Hamad Medjedovic<\/p>\n
Emil Ruusuvuori<\/p>\n
Jan-Lennard Struff<\/p>\n
Thanasi Kokkinakis<\/p>\n
Juan Manuel Cerundolo<\/p>\n
Raphael Collignon<\/p>\n
Luca Nardi<\/p>\n
Emilio Nava<\/p>\n
Pablo Carreno Busta<\/p>\n
Dalibor Svrcina<\/p>\n
Eliot Spizzirri<\/p>\n
Quentin Halys<\/p>\n
Roberto Bautista Agut<\/p>\n
Shintaro Mochizuki<\/p>\n
Pedro Martinez<\/p>\n
Benjamin Bonzi<\/p>\n
Alexander Shevchenko<\/p>\n
Hugo Gaston<\/p>\n
Laslo Djere<\/p>\n
Tristan Schoolkate<\/p>\n
Thiago Agustin Tirante<\/p>\n
Vit Kopriva<\/p>\n
Carlos Taberner<\/p>\n
Absentees<\/p>\n
Jack Draper, Arthur Fils, Holger Rune <\/p>\n
Wildcards <\/p>\n
Eight wildcards and 16 qualifiers will complete the 128-player field. The confirmed wildcards are: <\/p>\n
James Duckworth (AUS) Bu Yunchaokete (CHN) Patrick Kypson (USA)Kyrian Jacquet (FRA)Rinky Hijikata (AUS)Stan Wawrinka (SUI)Jordan Thompson ( AUS)Chris O\u2019Connell (AUS)<\/p>\n
What to watch out for in the draw <\/p>\n
Novak Djokovic\u2019s projected quarter-final is always interesting, given it\u2019s the last match before he would likely have to play one of Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner. Felix Auger-Aliassime would be difficult, Alex de Minaur, who so badly wants a first semi-final at home, could be fun, Ben Shelton, if he stays fit and gets there, could be explosive. <\/p>\n
Flavio Cobolli, fresh from his Davis Cup exploits for Italy, could trouble one of the top players in the fourth round. Learner Tien and Joao Fonseca, a year on from their breakout runs at the Australian Open, would also be a tricky draw for any of the high seeds. Fonseca has yet to play Alcaraz or Sinner but could be drawn against them in round three. <\/p>\n
As for the unseeded players, Grigor Dimitrov, who is back from the injury that forced him to retire during his Wimbledon quarter-final against Sinner and miss the US Open, is perhaps the most dangerous floater in the draw, or former Australian Open quarter-final Hubert Hurkacz, who is also returning from injury. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter and get behind-the-scenes access and unrivalled insightJoin the Miguel Delaney: Inside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-400245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-sports","9":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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