Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka are among the top players who will compete in a WTA 250 in Melbourne before the Australian Open. Tennis Australia had the great idea of promoting a series of events before the Australian Open. Therefore, there will be 2 WTA 250 tournaments in the first week of January starting from the 3rd.
This is the entry list of the players who will compete in these tournaments. These players will be split into 2 lists and allocated to each tournament by the 27th of December.
Entry list
11 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
13 Naomi Osaka
18 Jessica Pegula
19 Emma Raducanu
20 Simona Halep
21 Elise Mertens
26 Daria Kasatkina
31 Veronika Kudermetova
34 Camila Giorgi
36 Sara Sorribes Tormo
37 Jil Teichmann
38 Sorana Cirstea
39 Liudmila Samsonova
42 Yulia Putintseva
43 Viktorija Golubic
44 Clara Tauson
47 Ann Li
48 Tereza Martincova
49 Katerina Siniakova
50 Marta Kostyuk
51 Alison Riske
52 Anhelina Kalinina
53 Jasmine Paolini
54 Petra Martic
55 Camila Osorio
56 Madison Keys
57 Magda Linette
58 Madison Brengle
59 Alizé Cornet
60 Irina-Camelia Begu
61 Mayar Sherif
62 Shuai Zhang
65 Nuria Parrizas Diaz
66 Ana Konjuh
67 Donna Vekic
68 Alison Van Uytvanck
69 Anastasia Potapova
70 Anastasija Sevastova
71 Jaqueline Cristian
73 Kai A Kanepi
74 Caroline Garcia
75 Greet Minnen
76 Andrea Petkovic
77 Clara Burel
Emma Raducanu in 2021
At the moment ranked no.19 (career-high), the Brit played her last match on the 9th of November when she was overcome by world no.102 Xin Yu Wang 6-1 6-7(0) 7-5 in the 2nd round in Linz (draw).
This season Emma has achieved a compiled 25-9 match record. Raducanu conquered 1 title at the U.S. Open. The Brit got to the final in the Chicago.
Naomi Osaka in 2021
Now the world no.13, the Japanese played her last match on the 3rd of September when she lost to world no.24 Leylah Annie Fernandez 5-7 7-6(2) 6-4 in the 3rd round in U.S. Open (draw).
This season Osaka has achieved a composed 18-6 record. The Japanese clinched 1 title at the Australian Open.
Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka have never faced off.
Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka |
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