The start of this year's Australian Open is right around the corner, with the draw having been made on Thursday. Emma Raducanu has been handed a tricky path, with the young Brit facing world No. 195 Mananchaya Sawangkaew in the opening round. She could go up against Anastasia Potapova in round two before a potentially seismic clash with Aryna Sabalenka in round three.

If she makes it through to the fourth round, Raducanu could face either Victoria Mboko or Clara Tauson. Jasmine Paolini, Ekaterina Alexandrova and Marta Kostyuk are potential quarter-final opponents, while she is also in the same half of the draw as Coco Gauff, Mirra Andreeva and Elina Svitolina, whom she could only face in the semi-finals.

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