Czech tennis number one Petra Kvitová will start her action at the Grand Slam Australian Open against the Belgian Alison van Uytvancková and may already meet compatriot Barbora Krejčíková in the third round. Krejčíková, the defender of last year’s quarter-final, will initially challenge a player from the qualification.
A tough start awaits Tereza Martincova on the courts in Melbourne, who is awaited by the world number five Aryna Sabalenková, Kateřina Siniaková was awarded today’s draw by the American Cori Gauffová.
The Czech is eleven in the main competition, the men are three. The 25th seeded Marie Bouzková will face the winner of the US Open from 2019, the Canadian Bianca Andreescu, and if she advances to the third round, the world number one from Poland Iga Šwiateková may face her.
Karolína Plíšková, the 30th seed in the tournament, will challenge the Chinese Wang Si-yü and in the same stage she can face the eighth seeded Russian Darje Kasatkinová.
Markéta Vondroušová will start against the American Amanda Riskeová-Amritrajová, and in the next stage she can expect world number two Uns Džábirová from Tunisia.
Karolína Muchová will face a player from the qualification, Linda Fruhvirtová will challenge the home Australian Jaimee Fourlisová. The spider of the basic part will be completed by the successful qualifiers Brenda Fruhvirtová and Sára Bejlek.
Czech men’s number one and 78th player in the world Jiří Lehečka will enter the first Grand Slam tournament of the season in a duel with Croatian Borna Čorić, seeded twenty-first. Tomáš Macháč has an even tougher opponent in front of him, who is waiting for world number three Norwegian Casper Ruud. Dalibor Svrčina also made it through the qualification to the main part.
World No. 1 and winner of last year’s two Grand Slams, Šwiateková will open the tournament against German Jula Niemeierová. Defending champion Ashleigh Barty has retired and will not compete at the home tournament.
World number five Novak Djokovic, who was expelled from Australia last year after arriving in the country without the mandatory covid-19 vaccination, will face Spain’s Roberto Carballés Baena in the opener. The 35-year-old Serb, who has 21 Grand Slam trophies in his collection, will attack in Melbourne for his tenth jubilee title.
Reigning champion and winner of a record 22 Grand Slam titles, Rafael Nadal will challenge American Jack Draper at the start. In the possible quarter-finals, he can challenge world number eight Daniil Medvedev from Russia in a repeat of last year’s final.
