Top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland and American Coco Gauff, who received September’s U.S. Open at age 19, are in reverse halves of the Australian Open, which begins Sunday.

Swiatek, a 22-year-old with French Open and U.S. Open titles, regained the No. 1 rating after profitable November’s WTA Finals.

She goes into the Australian Open, the place her finest end result was a semifinal in 2022, on an general 16-match win streak courting to Oct. 1.

She can grow to be the second energetic girl to achieve 5 main singles titles after Venus Williams (who is just not within the Australian Open subject).

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Gauff, who in September turned the primary U.S. teen to win a significant since Serena Williams on the 1999 U.S. Open, received her lone Australian Open tune-up occasion in New Zealand final week.

Gauff, the No. 4 seed, might play two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka within the spherical of 16. Osaka, getting back from childbirth, performs No. 14 seed Caroline Garcia of France within the first spherical.

If seeds maintain, Gauff would play No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, the defending champion, within the semifinals. Swiatek would play No. 3 Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan within the different semi.

Gauff can grow to be the youngest participant to win a number of Slams since Maria Sharapova in 2006 and the youngest American to take action since Tracy Austin in 1981.

Another Australian Open storyline is the race for the 4 U.S. Olympic girls’s singles spots.

Gauff, Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys (who will miss Australia with a shoulder harm) are in sturdy positions for the primary three spots. The fourth spot is a tighter race at present led by Emma Navarro. The crew will probably be drawn from the WTA Rankings after the French Open ends in early June.

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