Australian Open 2024 draw: Emma Raducano plays Shelby Rogers, Andy Murray takes on Tomas Martin Etchiuri

January - 11 - 2024

Emma Raducanu got back in the saddle at the Auckland Exemplary last week, beating Elena-Gabriela Trick prior to losing to Elina Svitolina

Australian Open 2024

Emma Raducanu will play American Shelby Rogers when she makes her Huge homerun return at the Australian Open following an eight-month injury lay-off.

The 21-year-old Briton, who had wrist and lower leg medical procedures last May, could play English number one Katie Boulter in the Melbourne third round.

Boulter begins against China's Yuan Yue, with twelfth seed Zheng Qinwen approaching in the subsequent round.

Five-time finalist Andy Murray plays 30th seed Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

The Australian Open, which is the primary Huge homerun occasion of the 2024 season, begins at Melbourne Park on Sunday.

The competition has been stretched out to 15 days, in a move which coordinators say will reduce late-night gets done, and finishes with the finals end of the week on 27-28 January.

Raducanu begins with US Open rematch

Previous English number one Raducanu got back in the game at the Auckland Exemplary last week and is set to get back to Huge homerun activity in a draw which has unique importance.

In the remarkable US Open title win which stunned the world in 2021, Raducanu dominated 11 matches in succession to beat Rogers and arrive at the quarter-finals in New York.

After her extended nonappearance, Raducanu is playing at Melbourne Park under a physical issue safeguarded positioning of 103rd on the planet.

Rogers, likewise playing under a physical issue safeguarded positioning, had been an installation inside the main 50 preceding missing the final part of last season with a stomach issue.

The champ will play China's Wang Yafan or Romanian 22nd seed Sorana Cirstea in the subsequent round.

Raducanu and 57th-positioned Boulter, who is expecting to expand on a profession best season in 2023, are among three Britons with direct section to the ladies' singles.

(Jodie Burrage) is making her presentation in the Australian Open primary draw and takes on German world number 81 Tamara Korspatsch

Who are different Britons playing?

Murray, 36, was the main English player to land a cultivated rival when the draw was made at Melbourne Park on Thursday.

The world number 44, who said in a new meeting with BBC Game this could be his last year before retirement, is probably going to confront Novak Djokovic in the event that he arrives at the third round.

Cameron Norrie is England's most elevated positioned player and cultivated nineteenth. He faces Peru's Juan Pablo Varillas in a piece of the draw which shows up very ideal.

Dan Evans proceeds with his return after a calf injury with a match against Italy's reality number 46 Lorenzo Sonego and could confront second seed Carlos Alcaraz in the following round.

Jack Draper is meaning to expand on a reassuring finish to the 2023 season and will confront American Marcos Giron, who is positioned 60th and never been past the primary round in Melbourne.

Two Britons - Francesca Jones and (Oliver Crawford, )an American-conceived player who as of late exchanged loyalty - could yet go along with them in the fundamental draw by coming through qualifying.

What other eminent draws were there?

Reigning champ Djokovic, who is holding back nothing expanding eleventh men's singles title and a 25th significant in general, begins against a qualifier or fortunate failure.

Spain's Alcaraz, who missed last year's occasion with a hamstring injury, will confront French veteran Richard Gasquet in the main round.

In a ladies' draw stacked with prominent match-ups, favorite Iga Swiatek begins against 2020 hero Sofia Kenin.

On the off chance that Swiatek gets through that test, she will confront double cross hero Angelique Kerber - who is getting back in the game subsequent to conceiving an offspring last year - or 2022 next in line Danielle Collins in the subsequent round.

Japan's Naomi Osaka has additionally gotten back from maternity leave and landed French sixteenth seed Caroline Garcia, while Kazakhstan's third seed Elena Rybakina takes on previous world number one Karolina Pliskova.

Reigning champ Aryna Sabalenka begins against a qualifier, with US Open victor Coco Gauff - who could meet the Belarusian in the semi-finals - confronting Slovakia's Anna  Karolina Schmiedlova.  

Somewhere else in the men's draw, last year's next in line Stefanos Tsitsipas has been given an extreme errand against injury-hit previous semi-finalist Matteo Berrettini.

Third seed (Daniil Medvedev,) attracted similar half as Alcaraz, begins against a qualifier, while Australian number one Alex de Minaur plays 2016 Wimbledon second place Milos Raonic.