Nick Kyrgios stays with out an Australian Open entry with Priscilla Hon headlining the 4 locals to obtain wildcard berths for subsequent month’s grand slam.
Monday’s announcement got here a day after Kyrgios acquired a wildcard entry for the January 4-11 Brisbane Worldwide.
Kyrgios earns wildcard to Brisbane Worldwide
However Kyrgios remains to be in with an opportunity as extra Australian Open wildcards will likely be introduced forward of the primary draw which begins on January 18.
Kyrgios, beset by accidents and 4 rounds of knee and wrist surgical procedures, has performed simply six ATP Tour matches in additional than three years.
The wildcards got to Hon, Rinky Hijikata, Talia Gibson and Taylah Preston.
Priscilla Hon has acquired a wildcard for the Australian Open. (AAP: Jono Searle)
Hon, 27, reached the third spherical of a grand slam for the primary time this 12 months, upsetting seventeenth seed Liudmila Samsonova on the US Open, after successful three qualifying matches simply to make the primary draw.
Her rating additionally reached the highest 100 for the primary time, climbing as excessive as 94 in October earlier than ending the 12 months at 119.
Hon additionally certified for Wimbledon and reached the third spherical of the WTA 1000 event in Beijing, together with taking out ITF W75 tournaments in Brisbane and Romania.
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She was a nominee for Tennis Australia’s Newcombe Medal, which was received by Alex de Minaur.
“I pushed my physique laborious to try to keep away from needing one [a wildcard], however I am very grateful,” Hon mentioned.
“I am proud to symbolize Australia and might’t wait to see how far I can go.”
Hijikata’s 2025 season spotlight got here in doubles, when he reached the Wimbledon closing with Dutch associate David Pel.
This will likely be his fourth straight Australian Open in the primary singles draw.
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Preston received 31 of her final 37 matches this 12 months, boosting her rating from 259 to 199.
Gibson was picked in Australia’s Billie Jean Cup workforce for the primary time this 12 months and her rating went as excessive as 105 in August.
She received her first grand slam essential draw match at this 12 months’s Australian Open.
French gamers Tiantsoa Sarah Rakotomanga Rajaonah and Kyrian Jacquet even have wildcard entries.
Australia now has eight males and eight girls within the Open singles attracts.
AAP
