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23rd Dec 2015 from TwitLonger
Australian Open 2016: Andy Murray heads four Britons on entry lists Down Under
The Australian Open, tennis’s first Grand Slam of the season, has announced first lists for your men’s and women’s competitions in the event the tournament gets under way on 18 January in Australian open tennis 2016 in Melbourne .
Andy Murray, 4 times a finalist, including this past year, ended 2015 at the career-high No2, with his fantastic ranking margin over No3 Roger Federer will make sure he starts as second seed on the defending and five-time champion, Novak Djokovic.
Murray is joined inside men’s draw by No45-ranked Briton Aljaz Bedene, though he are going to be pushed into 48 from the inclusion above him of three men with protected rankings: Tommy Haas at 25, plus Julien Benneteau and Janko Tipsarevic both at 39.
Also currently in the commencement list using a protected ranking are No56 Brian Baker and No89 Dmitry Tursunov.
Kyle Edmund, who broke to the top 100 to the first time this autumn, currently is at No102 though he's edged out from the 104 direct entries by three places. But with five pre-Melbourne tournaments from the Australian Open series—in Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart, Perth and Adelaide—plus events in Auckland, Doha, Chennai and Shenzhen past the shores of Australia, the lists might be modified from the time the draws are manufactured on 16 January.
In the women’s list, six-time and defending champion Serena Williams tops the pile of 108 direct acceptances, of whom Petra Cetkovska, Galina Voskoboeva, Vania King, Alisa Kleybanova and Victoria Duval have protected rankings.
A significant absentee is No8 Flavia Pennetta, who announced her retirement after winning the US Open, knowning that has the benefit for Caroline Wozniacki of rising from No17 to No16 which, when it stays because of this, ensures she avoids higher ranked players prior to the fourth round.
There are two British women available: Johanna Konta at No48 and Heather Watson at No55. Laura Robson, however, is delaying her resume preserve her protected ranking of 58 as she continues her rehabilitation after a prolonged absence to heal a wrist injury.
Her problems began almost a couple of years ago, in Australia. She underwent surgery that spring, and wouldn't play for your rest of 2014. She only returned about the grass august, but lost the three of her main tour matches, and won just one single ITF match.
In addition on the direct entries, the men’s list is going to be supplemented by 16 qualifiers and eight wild cards, as the women’s list will incorporate an additional 12 qualifiers plus eight wildcards. For more details http://www.australianopen2016live.net/2015/12/australian-open-2016-live-scores.html.