The season's first Major starts on Monday in Melbourne, gathering 128 players in the battle for the trophy and tennis glory, including all the world's leading stars.
Ashleigh Barty, Karolina Pliskova and Belinda Bencic are in the top quarter, together with Ekaterina Alexandrova, Petra Martic and Anett Kontaveit. In the second quarter, the defending champion
Sofia Kenin, Maria Sakkari, Victoria Azarenka and
Elina Svitolina should determine the semi-finalist if everything goes right for them.
The Major champions Bianca Andreescu, Petra Kvitova,
Garbine Muguruza and
Naomi Osaka lead the third quarter, with thrilling battles en route to the semis if they all produce their best tennis. Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek,
Serena Williams, Elena Rybakina and Simona Halep are all gathered in the bottom quarter.