Thornhill’s Raonic, seeded 16th, will start out with a tough test against the mercurial Australian Kyrgios, who is unseeded after his ranking slid from No. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA—Canada’s Milos Raonic will face Nick Kyrgios in the first round of the Australian Open , after Thursday’s draw for the tennis season’s first major. In qualifying, Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga won her second-round match Thursday — 6-2, 6-2 over Valentini Grammatikopoulou. Things could get much tougher quickly, with a potential second-round date against wild-card entry Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who he beat in the 2008 Australian final, and Shapovalov in the same section. Aiming for a 21st Grand Slam trophy and a 100th career singles title, Federer will open against Denis Istomin.

Source: thestar January 10, 2019 15:51 UTC