{"id":359121,"date":"2024-01-11T02:07:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T03:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359121"},"modified":"2024-01-11T05:01:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T05:01:51","slug":"demon-draws-former-world-no-3-in-horror-open-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=359121","title":{"rendered":"Demon draws former world No.3 in horror Open start"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia's top hope Alex de Minaur<\/a> has drawn a tricky round one opponent in big-hitting Canadian Milos Raonic<\/a>.\ufeff<\/p>\n

De Minaur is the 10th seed in the men's Australian Open<\/a> draw, but Raonic is a former world No.3 and is one of the best servers on tour.<\/p>\n

The full Australian Open round one draw was revealed in Melbourne on Thursday<\/a>.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Watch the 2024 Adelaide International exclusively live and free on Nine,<\/strong><\/em> 9Now<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and ad-free on<\/strong><\/em> Stan Sport<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\ufeff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Five Aussies will\ufeff contest the women's draw, while Australia has 13 in the men's tournament. Further Australians may be added to the draw via qualifying.<\/p>\n

Here are all the Aussies who were drawn:<\/p>\n

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WOMEN'S DRAW<\/h3>\n

Australian players first\ufeff<\/em><\/p>\n

K\ufeffim Birrell (WC) vs Jelena Ostapenko<\/p>\n

Taylah Preston (WC) vs Elina Svitolina<\/p>\n

Ajla Tomljanovic vs Petra Martic<\/p>\n

Olivia Gadecki (WC) vs Sloane Stephens<\/p>\n

Daria Saville (WC) vs Magdalena Fretch<\/p>\n

MEN'S DRAW<\/h3>\n

\ufeffAlex de Minaur (10th seed) vs Milos Raonic<\/p>\n

Alexei Popyrin vs Marc Polmans (WC)<\/p>\n

Christopher O'Connell vs Cristian Garin<\/p>\n

James Duckworth (WC) vs Luca van Assche<\/p>\n

Aleksandar Vukic vs Jordan Thompson<\/p>\n

AS IT HAPPENED:<\/strong> How the 2024 Australian Open draw played out\ufeff<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Jason Kubler (WC) vs Daniel Elahi Galan<\/p>\n

Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Sebastian Ofner<\/p>\n

James McCabe (WC) vs Alex Michelsen<\/p>\n

\ufeffMax Purcell vs qualifier \/ lucky loser<\/p>\n

Rinky Hijikata vs Jan-Lennard Struff<\/p>\n

Adam Walton (WC) vs Matteo Arnaldi<\/p>\n

\"Ajla<\/p>\n

Aside from the \ufeffAussie contingent, the first round of the Australian Open promises plenty of blockbuster matches.<\/p>\n

In the men's draw, Dominic Thiem faces Felix Auger-Aliassime, while Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on Matteo Berrettini.\ufeff<\/p>\n

World No.1 and defending men's champion Novak Djokovic will take on a qualifier, while No.2 seed Carlos Alcaraz faces Richard Gasquet.<\/p>\n

American upstart and excitement machine Ben Shelton goes up against Spanish veteran Roberto Bautista Agut.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/josemorgado\/status\/1745272073281302833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaurenceRosen\/status\/1745271850450743774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a>https:\/\/twitter.com\/crosscourt1\/status\/1745274434108228056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n

\ufeffIn the women's, world No.1 Iga Swiatek first takes on Sofia Kenin, while reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka will take on a qualifier.<\/p>\n

Comeback queen Naomi Osaka, who has won at Melbourne Park twice, takes on No.16 seed Caroline Garcia first up.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Australia's only woman who is not a wildcard, Ajla Tomljanovic, takes on world No.40 Petra Martic.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia's top hope Alex de Minaur has drawn a tricky round one opponent in big-hitting Canadian Milos Raonic.\ufeff De Minaur is the 10th seed in […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":359123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359121"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=359121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359126,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359121\/revisions\/359126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/359123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=359121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=359121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=359121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}