Melbourne — Top-seed and world No 1 Ash Barty’s bid to end the host nation’s long wait for a home-grown Australian Open champion will begin against Ukraine’s Lesia Tsurenko when 2020’s first grand slam gets under way next week.
Men’s champion Novak Djokovic will begin his quest for an eighth Australian Open title against Jan-Lennard Struff, while the man he beat in 2019’s final, Rafa Nadal, will take the top seeding into a contest against Bolivian Hugo Dellien...
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