Like Kyrgios, Tokyo 2020 gold medallist Belinda Bencic can be set to make use of her protected rating to enter the Australian Open principal draw after lacking all of this 12 months’s Grand Slams following the beginning of her daughter Bella in April.
British primary Draper has by no means gone past the the second spherical on the Australian Open however can be hoping to construct additional momentum after reaching the semi-finals of the US Open in September.
Kartal, 23, will make her principal draw debut in Melbourne, whereas Burrage, 25, had a first-round exit in 2024.
Defending champions Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka, who high the lads’s and girls’s rankings, are each on the primary draw record, whereas 24-time Grand Slam champion Djokovic, who’s focusing on a file eleventh Australian Open crown, can be confirmed for the occasion.
Former world quantity 4 Kei Nishikori is one other participant utilizing his protected rating to return to the Australian Open for the primary time since 2021.
