Australian Open 2024 draw LIVE: Andy Murray, Emma Raducanu, Novak Djokovic and extra be taught destiny

It’s draw time! Naomi Osaka is essentially the most intriguing title within the draw – and naturally Andy Murray and Emma Raducanu might land wherever as nicely. The complete Australian Open draw ceremony is arising.

The Australian Open draw will accessible to look at on a free reside stream, which could be accessed on the Australian Open’s YouTube and Fb channels.

And right here’s a reminder of the boys’s seeds…

23. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina

27. Felix Auger-Aliassime

30. Tomas Martin Etcheverry

Not lengthy till the draw now… right here’s a reminder of the seeds

17. Ekaterina Alexandrova

Australian Open makes main schedule change

This yr’s Australian Open will begin on a Sunday, turning into a 15-day occasion for the primary time, match organisers have introduced.

There had been rising issues over late finishes with so many matches scheduled on the opening Monday.

Final yr, the second-round match between Andy Murray and Thanasi Kokkinakis, which lasted 5 units, didn’t end till 4:05am – which the British former world primary described as “ridiculously late”.

The brand new Sunday begin will see a rise within the variety of classes throughout the three arenas from 47 to 52.

The day session at Rod Laver Enviornment and Margaret Court docket Enviornment will characteristic a minimal of two matches, which is down from three, to restrict the potential of late finishes.

Evening classes, in the meantime, will proceed to characteristic a minimal of two matches and the John Cain Enviornment schedule additionally stays unchanged.

Aryna Sabalenka reveals key areas of enchancment forward of Australian Open defence

Aryna Sabalenka isn’t one to relaxation on her laurels and has been laborious at work within the low season as she appears to enhance even on her stellar 2023, beginning along with her first defence of a grand slam title on the Australian Open.

The 25-year-old Belarussian took a knock on the weekend when Elena Rybakina, her opponent in final yr’s Melbourne Park closing, snapped her 15-match successful streak in Australia with a crushing 6-0 6-3 victory within the Brisbane Worldwide closing.

Though there was a lot scowling and head-shaking in the course of the all-too-brief contest, Sabalenka was quickly laughing off her dangerous day on the workplace and focussing on her subsequent project on the yr’s first grand slam.

That response was a big enchancment on the Sabalenka of solely a few years in the past, a participant with all of the weapons to compete for the sport’s main prizes however who crumbled right into a tearful mess on the first signal of a setback.

Revitalised Daniil Medvedev prepared to beat closing hurdle at Australian Open

If there may be one participant who merely thrives on hardcourts, it’s Daniil Medvedev and 2024 guarantees to be an eventful yr for the world quantity three, who will hope he can overcome the ultimate hurdle on the Australian Open in the end.

Medvedev reached the ultimate at Melbourne Park in 2021 and 2022 however fell to 2 of the ‘Large Three’, first dropping in straight units to Novak Djokovic earlier than Rafael Nadal overcame overwhelming odds and triumphed from two units down.

The Russian took a very long time to get better from the physique blow of Nadal’s gorgeous comeback, dropping his means in a topsy-turvy 2022 season whereas a 3rd spherical loss in Melbourne final yr noticed him drop out of the highest 10.

Whereas such a decline would have knocked down most seasoned execs, it was all of the motivation Medvedev wanted to spring again to his ft and return to his greatest.

Ons Jabeur out to fulfil ‘life mission’ at Australian Open: ‘I’ve to do that’

Ons Jabeur has already established herself as a trailblazer within the sport, however forward of the season-opening Australian Open the Tunisian is set to lastly declare an elusive grand slam title and shrug off her heartbreaking Wimbledon failures.

The 29-year-old, nicknamed the “Minister of Happiness”, stormed up the rankings in 2022 after runs to the ultimate at Wimbledon and the US Open and set a number of milestones as an African and Arab lady.

She needed to cope with a stop-start 2023 season through which she underwent minor surgical procedure early within the yr after scuffling with respiration points throughout a second-round exit on the Australian Open and likewise handled a string of accidents.

Regardless of these points, the world quantity six claimed a WTA 500 title in Charleston and reached the ultimate at Wimbledon, her third grand slam closing in 13 months, the place she was handed a 6-4 6-4 loss by unseeded Czech Marketa Vondrousova.

Is in-form Jannik Sinner poised for a grand slam breakthrough at Australian Open?

Italian Jannik Sinner’s climb in the direction of the highest of males’s tennis might hardly be described as sluggish – except in fact a direct comparability is made with Spanish phenomenon Carlos Alcaraz.

Whereas 20-year-old Alcaraz has exploded on to the scene in astonishing style and already has two grand slam titles below his belt, Sinner’s progress has been much less spectacular.

Within the 16 grand slams the 22-year-old Sinner has contested, his greatest run was ultimately yr’s Wimbledon when he reached the semi-finals and was defeated by Novak Djokovic.

Alcaraz then defeated Djokovic within the closing – a end result that provided additional proof that the Spaniard might reign supreme over the subsequent technology for years.

Sinner is now making folks query that logic.

Naomi Osaka relishing return to court docket forward of Australian Open

Naomi Osaka says she has returned to tennis from maternity go away with a extra constructive outlook and all of the indicators are that she is going to quickly be again at a stage the place she will be able to tackle and beat the most effective on the planet.

It may be too early for a tilt at a fifth grand slam title on the Australian Open this month however, with a very good draw, a run deep into the second week at Melbourne Park can’t be counted out.

The 26-year-old, who pulled out of final yr’s Australian Open with the announcement that she was pregnant along with her daughter Shai, confirmed in Brisbane final week that she nonetheless has the weapons to overpower many gamers within the ladies’s recreation.