Alex de Minaur faces former world No.3 in horror start as full Australian Open draw revealed
Australia's top hope Alex de Minaur has drawn a tricky round one opponent in big-hitting Canadian Milos Raonic.
De Minaur is the 10th seed in the men's Australian Open draw, but Raonic is a former world No.3 and is one of the best servers on tour.
The full Australian Open round one draw was revealed in Melbourne on Thursday.
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Five Aussies will contest the women's draw, while Australia has 13 in the men's tournament. Further Australians may be added to the draw via qualifying.
Here are all the Aussies who were drawn:
Alex De Minaur of Australia. Getty
WOMEN'S DRAW
Australian players first
Kim Birrell (WC) vs Jelena Ostapenko
Taylah Preston (WC) vs Elina Svitolina
Ajla Tomljanovic vs Petra Martic
Olivia Gadecki (WC) vs Sloane Stephens
Daria Saville (WC) vs Magdalena Fretch
MEN'S DRAW
Alex de Minaur (10th seed) vs Milos Raonic
Alexei Popyrin vs Marc Polmans (WC)
Christopher O'Connell vs Cristian Garin
James Duckworth (WC) vs Luca van Assche
Aleksandar Vukic vs Jordan Thompson
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Jason Kubler (WC) vs Daniel Elahi Galan
Thanasi Kokkinakis vs Sebastian Ofner
James McCabe (WC) vs Alex Michelsen
Max Purcell vs qualifier / lucky loser
Rinky Hijikata vs Jan-Lennard Struff
Adam Walton (WC) vs Matteo Arnaldi
Ajla Tomljanovic. Getty
Aside from the Aussie contingent, the first round of the Australian Open promises plenty of blockbuster matches.
In the men's draw, Dominic Thiem faces Felix Auger-Aliassime, while Stefanos Tsitsipas takes on Matteo Berrettini.
World No.1 and defending men's champion Novak Djokovic will take on a qualifier, while No.2 seed Carlos Alcaraz faces Richard Gasquet.
American upstart and excitement machine Ben Shelton goes up against Spanish veteran Roberto Bautista Agut.
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In the women's, world No.1 Iga Swiatek first takes on Sofia Kenin, while reigning champion Aryna Sabalenka will take on a qualifier.
Comeback queen Naomi Osaka, who has won at Melbourne Park twice, takes on No.16 seed Caroline Garcia first up.
Australia's only woman who is not a wildcard, Ajla Tomljanovic, takes on world No.40 Petra Martic.
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