The WTA Draw has been confirmed for the ASB Classic which will take place in Auckland between December 31 - January 7 and saw Elina Svitolina in attendance to pick the numbers, but she sealed a nasty fate with three of the top stars in the tournament drawn with each other.
Svitolina will face Caroline Wozniacki in a battle of the returning mothers, with the former in particular having remarkable success during her first year back on the WTA circuit. But the winner will face the returning Emma Raducanu.
Amanda Anisimova who will also return will take on Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, while defending champion Coco Gauff faces Claire Liu. She could face Anna Blinkova in the second round. But is in a section full of qualifiers clearing her path. In the former quarter which also features the section of death with Raducanu, Wozniacki and Svtiolina, it also features Marie Bouzkova and Lesia Tsurenko.