Unseeded Emma Raducanu is set for a very tricky opener at the Australian Open after suffering a setback and being forced to miss Auckland due to a back injury. On Thursday, the draw for this year's Happy Slam was released and the 2021 US Open champion learned that she would take on world No.

Emma Raducanu has been handed a nightmare draw as she returns to competition at the Australian Open. The British No. 2 was forced to pull out of her first tournament of the season, the ASB Classic, with a back injury and little is known about her fitness going into Melbourne.

THE Australian Open is set to get underway this Sunday with British stars Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper hoping to shake off injury concerns to make some noise Down Under. Former US Open champion

MELBOURNE — Emma Raducanu will have to produce some of her best tennis after being handed a tricky Australian Open draw. The world No 60 will face the 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova in the first round next week and could, if she makes it that far, come up against world No 2 Iga Swiatek in the third.

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Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the year and the 113th running of the event, starts at Melbourne Park on Sunday with four British women, including the 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu,