The Spanish Paula Badosa (11) will face the American in the first round Catherine McNally; while her compatriot Garbiñe Muguruza will begin her Australian Open adventure against Belgian Elise Mertens (26).
Badosa could face the winner of the match to face the Russian Kamilla Rakhimova with Ukraine Kateryna Baindl; also in the third round with the Latvian Jelena Ostapenko.
The big threat will emerge in the fourth round when it will be measured against the young American Coco Gauffwho opens against the Czech Katerina Siniakova and will see faces in the second with the British Emma Raducanu.
In the case of reaching the quarterfinals, his rival could be the main candidate for the title, the Polish Iga Swiatek (one).
Muguruza, who will appear on the other side of the draw, will begin her journey at Melbourne Park against the Belgian Mertens, a rival she has beaten in their only two previous matches.
His rival in a hypothetical next round is a little more decaffeinated, against the American Lauren Davis or the Montenegrin Danka Kovinic and in the third round he can play a quick clash against the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka (5).
His possible rival in the quarterfinals is the Swiss Belinda Bencic, who was his executioner in the recent tournament at Adelaide; as well as Tunisian Ons Jabeur for a hypothetical semifinal.
The other Spaniards are directly classified in the final table, Granada Nuria Parrizaswill have a tough clash in the first round against Brazilian Beatriz Haddad.
The great favorite in the new edition of the Australian ‘major’, the Polish Iga Swiatek (1), will start his journey against the German Jule Niemeier; while her main threat, Tunisian Jabeur, will make her first steps against Slovakian Tamara Zidansek.
Possible quarterfinal matchups:
Iga Swiatek (1, POL) against Coco Gauff (7, USA).
Jessica Pegula (3, USA) vs. Maria Sakkari (GRE, 6)
Daria Kasatkina (8, RUS) vs. Caroline Garcia (4, FRA)
Aryna Sabalenka (5, BIE) vs. Ons Jabeur (2, TUN)
Source: La Verdad
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