Ostapenko & Semenistaya: Australian Open Main Draw Entry

Ostapenko is ranked 23rd in the world, and Semenistaya is 101st, which was enough for Semenistaya to start in the “Grand Slam” tournament for the first time in her career without qualification.

This year, at the “US Open” tournament in New York, Semenistaja overcame the “Grand Slam” qualification with the 11th attempt, suffering a loss in the first round.

As the last place in the main tournament, the 103rd racket of the WTA ranking secured the French Leolie Jeanjean.

Two tennis players from the top 100 – American Daniela Collins (WTA 64th) and Tunisian Onsa Jabert (WTA 76th) have not applied for the tournament, three players – Czech Karolina Pliskova (WTA 1056th), Chinese Wang Yafania (WTA 277th) and Thai Mananchaja Savangkaeva (WTA 238th) will start with a special ranking, but Australian Emerson Jones (WTA 150), American Elizabeth Mandlik (WTA 182) and Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas (WTA 283) have received a special invitation.

If Latvia’s current third racket Anastasija Sevastova, who is ranked 199th in the world, will play in the qualifying tournament, she will have to overcome three rounds.

The main tournament of the season’s first “Grand Slam” competition on hard courts will be held from January 12 to February 1.