Australian Open, Gauff-V challenge. Williams

The draws in the women's tennis tournament at the Australian Open have been defined. The first round holds an unprecedented and interesting challenge between the youngest champion, 15-year-old Coco Gauff (# 66), and the oldest, 39-year-old Venus Williams (# 55). Even the queen of world tennis Serena Williams, now 38, will debut against a very young girl, in fact the draw reserved for her the 18 year old and promising Russian Anastasia Potapova (n. 90). The current number one, Ashleigh Barty will make his debut against Ukrainian Lesia Tsurenko who has never gone far in Melbourne. The Japanese Naomi Osaka, long number one and today number 3 in the ranking, faces the Czech Marie Bouzkova (n. 59). Forward could find Serena Williams On the field in Melbourne also two Italians: Jasmine Paolini (n. 94 in the ranking) in the first round will play against the Russian Anna Blinkova (n. 58), while Camila Giorgi will be confronted with one coming from the qualifications.