BBC Sport · Jan 9, 2025
Fearnley handed Kyrgios task at Australian Open
Image caption, Jacob Fearnley will play his second Grand Slam event, having pushed Novak Djokovic to four sets on his debut at Wimbledon last yearRising British star Jacob Fearnley is set to face Nick Kyrgios - and a partisan home crowd - in the controversial star's planned return to Grand Slam tennis at the Australian Open.
Jack Draper, seeded 15th, faces Argentina's Mariano Navone as the British men's number one looks to back up his run to the US Open semi-finals last year.
In the women's draw, British women's number one Katie Boulter, seeded 22nd, starts against Canada's Rebecca Marino, while Emma Raducanu faces 26th seed Ekaterina Alexandrova.