Australians at the Australian Open: First-round draw

Tom Naghten

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While the withdrawal of Australia's top-ranked men's player in Alex de Minaur is disappointing, there's still plenty of local hopes for the Aussie fans to cheer on at Melbourne Park.

For the full draw and how it panned out for the top seeds, check it out here.

Here's how the draw played out for the Australians at the first major of the year.

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Australian Open men's draw - Australians in the first round

Nick Kyrgios (23) v Lorenzo Sonego

James Duckworth v Aljaz Bedene

Alex Bolt v Albert Ramos-Vinolas

Alexei Popyrin v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (28)

Christopher O'Connell v Andrey Rublev (17)

Andrew Harris v Matteo Berrettini (8)

John Patrick Smith v Guido Pella (22)

Jordan Thompson v Alexander Bublik

John Millman v Ugo Humbert

Marc Polmans v Mikhail Kukushkin 

Australian Open women's draw - Australians in the first round

Ash Barty (1) v Lesia Tsurenko

Sam Stosur v qualifier

Lizette Cabrera v qualifier

Astra Sharma v Anett Kontaveit (28)

Ajla Tomljanovic v Anastasija Sevastova (31)

Arina Rodionova v Kateryna Bondarenko

Priscilla Hon v Kateryna Kozlova

Tom Naghten

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Tom Naghten is a senior editor at The Sporting News Australia where he's been part of the team since 2017. He predominantly covers boxing and MMA. In his spare time, he likes to watch Robbie Ahmat's goal against the Kangaroos at the SCG in 2000.