The world No 60 will face the 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round next week and could, if she makes it that far, come up against Iga Swiatek in the third.
She reached the second round here 12 months ago, meaning the 2021 US Open champion will need to match that achievement to at least maintain her current ranking.
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She has been drawn against Alexandrova before too. Raducanu was due to face the Russian No 6 in the first round of Wimbledon in 2024, but she pulled out at the last minute citing illness and was replaced by lucky loser Renata Zarazua.
Alexandrova’s recent form may suggest she is not playing at the level of a top-30 player though: she lost first round in Brisbane to Ons Jabeur, winning just five games, and then was beaten in the second round of the Adelaide International by Emma Navarro.
If she can come through that, she could find herself up against an even more powerful opponent in Amanda Anisimova, although the American did pull out of her quarter-final in Hobart on Thursday with an injury.
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Read More“She’s made a meal of this match. She touched on the fact that ‘yes, I’m tired’ but do you talk yourself into more tiredness? On the one hand it’s good to acknowledge it but if you are going to go out on the match court you’ve got to be prepared to leave it all out there,” Keothavong said at the time.
That was though on Spanish clay, Raducanu’s least favourite surface and Carle’s best: a fast hard court in Australia is much more the Brit’s style.
Few easy draws for the Brits
The draw gods in Melbourne did their best to make life hard for her compatriots, but British No 1 Katie Boulter got the best of it and she fancy her chances of a first-ever run to the fourth round of a grand slam.
The Brit has already beaten Gadecki this season, triumphing in the United Cup, and Kudermetova has not won a grand slam singles match since Wimbledon 2023.
Elsewhere, Sonay Kartal will make her Melbourne main draw debut against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro with defending champion Aryna Sabalenka perhaps waiting in the second round, while Jodie Burrage will play a qualifier or lucky loser, and the victor can expect to play Coco Gauff.
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