General
Australian Open draw looks good for Ash Barty heading into week two
While the men’s side of the Australian Open is shaping about as expected, most of the intrigue and mystery heading into the second week is with the women, and it could be good news for Australian hopes.
Key points:
- The fourth, sixth, eighth and ninth seeds have been knocked out of the women’s draw
- There are five other major winners left, with 31 slams between them, but Ash Barty won’t face any of them before the final
- Fifth seed Elina Svitolina is the only other top-15 player left in Barty’s half of the draw
With Dominic Thiem taking the best shots from the game’s biggest disruptor, Nick Kyrgios, the men’s champion and finalist are looking more and more likely to come out of the now-familiar group of Thiem, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic,…
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