Former U.S. Open champions Dominic Thiem and Emma Raducanu will headline the qualifying discipline for the Australian Open as they give the impression of being to reignite their careers in 2024 following struggles with accidents.
Thiem broke the Grand Slam stranglehold of Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic by successful the 2020 U.S. Open however a wrist damage the next yr sidelined him for months, whereas a sequence of different health points noticed his rating slide to quantity 352.
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The 30-year-old Austrian, now ranked 98th, gained his first match at a Grand Slam since 2021 in New York in August earlier than crashing out within the second spherical.
Thiem, who made the Melbourne Park closing in 2020, can nonetheless acquire direct entry into the principle draw of the event if one participant pulls out.
Raducanu missed out on an Australian Open wildcard and can now need to take the same path as her 2021 Flushing Meadows run when she turned the primary participant within the Open Period to win a significant after starting within the qualifying rounds.
The 21-year-old Briton, who’s now ranked quantity 299, will gear up for the primary Grand Slam of the yr by enjoying on the Auckland Basic having fought her means again to health following operations on each wrists and an ankle in Might.
Raducanu is 5 spots outdoors the principle draw cut-off.
The qualifying event will start on January 8 whereas the principle draw is from January 14-28.