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ATP:

 

1. Jannik Sinner (Italy)

2. Alexander Zverev (Germany)

3. Carlos Alcaraz (Spain)

4. Taylor Fritz (USA)

5. Daniil Medvedev

6. Casper Ruud (Norway)

7. Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

8. Andrey Rublev

9. Alex de Minaur (Australia)

10. Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria)

11. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Greece)

12. Tommy Paul (USA)

13. Holger Rune (Denmark)

14. Ugo Humbert (France)

15. Jack Draper (Great Britain)

16. Hubert Hurkacz (Poland)

17. Lorenzo Musetti (Italy)

18. Frances Tiafoe (USA)

19. Karen Khachanov

20. Arthur Fils (France)

 

Brits in Top 200

 

49. Cameron Norrie

99. Jacob Fearnley

125. Billy Harris

164. Dan Evans

173. Jan Choinski

185. Paul Jubb

 

WTA:

 

1. Aryna Sabalenka

2. Iga Swiatek (Poland)

3. Coco Gauff (USA)

4. Jasmine Paolini (Italy)

5. Qinwen Zheng (China)

6. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan)

7. Jessica Pegula (USA)

8. Emma Navarro (USA)

9. Daria Kasatkina

10. Barbora Krejcikova (Czechia)

11. Danielle Collins (USA)

12. Paula Badosa (Spain)

13. Diana Shnaider

14. Anna Kalinskaya

15. Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)

16. Mirra Andreeva

17. Beatriz Haddad-Maia (Brazil)

18. Marta Kostyuk (Ukraine)

19. Donna Vekic (Croatia)

20. Victoria Azarenka

 

Brits In The Top 200:

 

24. Katie Boulter

56. Emma Raducanu

84. Sonay Kartal

104. Harriet Dart

152. Francesca Jones

162. Heather Watson

179. Jodie Burrage

182. Yuriko Lily Miyazaki

 

Great Britain's Harriet Dart and Billy Harris have reached the final round of qualifying for the Australian Open, but Heather Watson and Fran Jones were beaten at Melbourne Park.

 

Third seed Dart, who has recently slipped out of the world's top 100, fought back to beat Australian teenager Taylah Preston 6-7 (7-9) 6-1 6-2.

 

Harris, meanwhile, needed just 70 minutes to race past Spain's Carlos Taberner 6-1 6-2.

 

Dart and Harris are the last Britons standing in qualifying after Jones suffered a grueling 4-6 7-6 (15-13) 6-3 defeat by Switzerland's Jil Teichmann and Watson lost 3-6 6-3 6-1 to American Varvara Lepchenko.

 

Dart will face Japan's Nao Hibino on Thursday, while Harris, who made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at Wimbledon last year, will play Poland's Kamil Majchrzak.

 

Players must win three qualifying matches to reach the main draw of the tournament, which begins on Sunday.

 

Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal, Jodie Burrage, Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley all have direct entry into the main singles draw.

Australian Open Mens Singles Odds: (Coral)

 

J.Sinner 7-5f

C.Alcaraz 10-3

N.Djokvoic 9-2

A.Zverev 11-1

D.Medvedev 14-1

T.Fritz 28-1

J.Draper 40-1

A.De Minaur 50-1

G.M.Perricard 50-1

H.Rune 66-1

A.Rublev 80-1

A.Fils 80-1

B.Shelton 80-1

H.Hurkacz 80-1

N.Kyrgios 80-1

S.Tsitsipas 80-1

C.Ruud 100-1

F.A.Aliassime 100-1

G.Dimitrov 100-1

J.Lehecka 100-1

M.Berrettini 100-1

T.Paul 100-1

Australian Open Womens Singles Odds: (Coral)

 

 

A.Sabalenka 9-4f

C.Gauff 7-2

I.Swiatek 11-2

E.Rybakina 10-1

Q.Zheng 14-1

K.Muchova 20-1

M.Andreeva 25-1

N.Osaka 28-1

J.Paolini 33-1

J.Pegula 40-1

D.Shnaider 50-1

E.Raducanu 50-1

E.Navarro 50-1

M.Keys 50-1

O.Jabeur 50-1

P.Badosa 50-1

M.Vondrousova 66-1

D.Collins 100-1

E.Svitolina 100-1

AU Open started yay

 

1st surprise (or not) Tsitsipas is out in R1

 

Djokovic started pretty bad, Draper also.

Edited January 13Jan 13 by Bjork

Good start for the Brits

 

Dart, Burrage, Draper & Fearnley all through to round 2

Berretini beats Norrie

 

Rune and Medvedev needed 5 sets but went thru

Berretini beats Norrie

 

Rune and Medvedev needed 5 sets but went thru

 

Rune feels to me like the sort of player that will get to the 4th round a lot. Seems like a nice guy though so hope him/Shelton and Draper go far in tournaments this year

My money is on Alcaraz

1st surprise (or not) Tsitsipas is out in R1

 

I don't foresee a good season for him if this is how he's starting the year :basil:

 

Six Brits making it to the second round (with Boulter and Raducanu both winning today) is a new record for the Australian Open!

 

Got a couple of days off work so will finally be able to watch some tomorrow, nice to see that Draper round 2 has been scheduled for a night session

Rublev also out in R1

 

Easy win for Alcaraz today and relatively for Djokovik too

Brit watch

 

Burrage/Dart put up a fight against seeds but lost

Fearnley through in 4 sets

Draper came from 2-1 sets and a break down to win in 5 sets

Casper Ruud is out too, how can he be #6 in the world

We always seem to get one late match and today's was it, finishing just before 3 in the morning, with Learner Tien beating Daniil Medvedev in just under five hours. Good to see another young player breaking through.

oh my Medvedev out, wasn't expecting that, and in the tiebreak of the 5th

 

very much looking forward to Swiatek-Raducanu in R3

Both runners-up from last year being out in the second round :o The final set of Medvedev vs. Tien was a thriller.

 

Rublev also out in R1

 

I expected this to happen as he's such a non-shock for an early exit, and his opponent won the NextGen Finals last month, but I didn't think Fonseca would then go out the following round :lol:

Oh my poor Emma, Sviatek destroyed her

 

Fritz also out, everybody on Sinners draw is out already

oh Draper retired mid-way thru