Simona Halep is back to competitions in Sydney where she will lead an extremely tough draw with 8 top10 players.
The top seeds are: Simona Halep, Angelique Kerber, Naomi Osaka, Sloane Stephens, Petra Kvitova, Karolina Pliskova, Kiki Bertens, and Daria Kasatkina.
The defending champion is Angelique Kerber that last year defeated Ashleigh Barty 6-4 6-4 in the final.
Simona Halep’s projected path.
R1 – Bye
R2 – Barty
1/4 – Karolina Pliskova
1/2 – Stephens
Fin – Kerber
Plausible quarters
Halep – Pliskova
Stephens – Bertens
Osaka – Kasatkina
Kerber – Kvitova/Sabalenka
Here the full draw
