Melbourne, Australia) – Although in terms of names the draw for the Australian Open women’s draw has evened things out on both sides, when it comes to Grand Slam titles the situation is different. At the top, world number 1 Iga Swiatek will be joined by most of the great title winners of recent years.

The first hurdle in the Pole’s way will be Germany’s Jule Niemeier, who has the potential to stir up trouble. After that, the next heavier rival should only appear in the third round, when she meets the Czech Marie Bouzkova or the Canadian Bianca Andreescu, one of the Slam champions in this half of the table.

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In the round of 16, Swiatek could face the current Wimbledon champion, Kazakh Elena Rybakina, who will start against Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto and will face, in the third round, a possible duel with 13-seeded North American Danielle Collins. .

The Polish quadrant still has big names like Spaniard Paula Badosa, North American Coco Gauff, Chinese Qinwen Zheng, Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and Briton Emma Raducanu, the latter two joining the list of Slam winners.

Among Swiatek’s possible rivals in the semi-finals, the 3rd and 6th seeds, respectively the North American Jessica Pegula and the Greek Maria Sakkari, stand out. However, other Slam champions like the Czech Petra Kvitova, the North American Sofia Kenin and the Belarusian Victoria Azarenka can also paint in front, these two who will face each other from the start, in a duel of the only winners in Melbourne in this year’s dispute. .