On January 12, Beijing time, the Australian Open officially announced the 2023 women's singles main tournament signing. This year, a total of 7 Chinese Golden Flowers participated in the Australian Open, setting a new record. Judging from the signing table, the 7 Jinhua had mixed blessings, Zheng Qinwen had poor luck, and Yuan Yue, Wang Xiyu and Zheng Saisai all drew seeded players in the first round.
Top seed Swiatek leads the 1/4 zone, she will not face much challenge in the first two rounds, and may face No. 25 seed Bozkova or former US Open champion Andreescu in the third round, and Sviatek may face Lebakina or Collins in the third round. If he can reach the quarterfinals, Swiatek could face Gauff, Badosa, Ostapenko or Cheng. No. 7 seed Gauff will fight Raducanu in the second round, and may face Zheng Qinwen in the third round.
District 2/4 3rd seed Pegula and No. 6 seed Sakkari sit. The first seed against Pegula is No. 28 seed Anisimova, who may face Kvitova or Klachikova in the fourth round, and may face Keith, Sakkari or Azarenka in the fourth round. Sakkari's first-round opponent is China's Yuan Yue, and the first seed in the matchup is Teichmann, who will play Keith or Azarenka in the round of 16.
Zone 3/4 is led by No. 4 seed Garcia and No. 8 seed Casakina. Garcia may face former US Open runner-up Fernandez in the second round, the first seed against No. 27 seed Begu, Kontaveit or Alexandrova in the round of 16, and Kasakina, Karp or Kudmetova in the quarterfinals. Kasakina will face former world number one Karp in the third round, and in the round of 16 or Kudemetova or Zhang Shuai.
District 4/4 2nd seed Abdul-Jabbar and No. 5 seed Sabalenka sit. Abdul-Jabbar will face No. 31 seed Kanepi in the third round, and may face No. 14 seed Maya or No. 18 seed Samsonova in the round of 16, and play Sabalenka and Bencic in the quarterfinals. Sabalenka could face 26th seeds Mertens or Muguruza in the third round, and moving forward could meet 12th seed Bencic or 21st seed Trevisan.
Zheng Qinwen was placed in the 1/4 zone as the No. 29 seed, and she could face Gauff or Raducanu in the third round, and could face Badosa, Ostapenko and others if she reached the quarterfinals against top seed Swiatek. Zhang Shuai, as the No. 23 seed, faced No. 9 seed Kudemetova in the third round. Yuan Yue faced No. 6 seed Sakkari in the first round, Wang Xiyu faced former world number one Karp in the first round, and the comeback Zheng Saisai faced No. 27 seed Begu in the first round, and Zhu Lin and Wang Xinyu drew an easier opponent in the first round.
Australian Open Women's Singles Full Signing: