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MELBOURNE, Australia — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek<\/a> will face 2020 champion Sofia Kenin<\/a> in the first round and potentially 2016 winner Angelique Kerber<\/a> or Danielle Collins<\/a> in the second in a tough start to her bid for a first Australian Open title.<\/p>\n Defending champion Novak Djokovic<\/a>‘s bid for a record-extending 11th Australian Open title will start against a player who was in the qualifying rounds and could include a third round against Andy Murray<\/a> and a quarterfinal against last year’s runner-up Stefanos Tsitsipas<\/a>.<\/p>\n The draws to determine singles brackets were held Thursday, with the return of former champions Naomi Osaka<\/a>, Kerber and Caroline Wozniacki<\/a> to Melbourne Park after maternity breaks resulting in some high-pressure opening rounds.<\/p>\n Osaka, who has won the Australian Open and US Open titles twice, opens against No. 16 Caroline Garcia<\/a> and is in the same quarter of the draw as US Open winner Coco Gauff<\/a>.<\/p>\n