The women’s draw for the Australian slam has also been drawn, with Aryna Sabalenka as number 1 in the seat. Paolini is waiting for a qualifier, the Russian is also waiting to meet her opponent
During the Italian night, the draw also took place for the women’s draw of the Australian Open which has Aryna Sabalenka as the number 1 seed. Belarus and Jannik Sinner participated in the draw with their trophies from last year on display. But for Italy there was great anticipation especially to get to know the first opponent of Jasmine Paolini.
Paolini, debut straight away
Jasmine Paolini is called to do well right away to try to replicate last year’s successes. In Melbourne the Tuscan, seeded number 4, begins her journey with an athlete coming from the qualifiers but the first difficulties arrive already in the second round. In case of victory, Jas will face one of the most powerful American Townsend and Mexican Zarazuaand in the third the level rises again given that there could be a match with the number 28 seed, Ukrainian Svitolina. The possible quarter-final could be against Elena Rybakinaat the center of a real case before the Australian Open.
Nightmare start for Bronzeti and Cocciaretto
The situation that lies ahead is decidedly more complicated Elisabetta Cocciaretto and Lucia Bronzetti. The two Italians, protagonists of the Italian victory in the Billie Jean King Cup, will in fact have to contend respectively with the young and promising Russian Diana Shnaider and with the former number one of world Victoria Azarenka.
Kalinskaya is waiting for a qualifier
For some time now, Italian fans have also been keeping an eye on the sporting “vicissitudes” of Anna Kalinskaya. The Russian tennis player linked (but there is some doubt) to Jannik Sinner will begin her adventure in Melbourne against a qualified player to try to put behind her a negative moment also from a physical point of view. For the Muscovite, in case of victory in the second round there could be one between French Gracheva and American McNally, a decidedly softer debut than Jannik but there is the enigma of her physical condition which doesn’t seem to help her in this period.
The two great favorites of the day before, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatekthey will face the American Sloane Stephens and the Czech Katerina Siniakova respectively.
Source: sport.virgilio.it
