AUSTRALIAN OPEN JANUARY 20 - FEBFRUARY 2, 2020 WOMEN’S TENNIS ASSOCIATION MATCH NOTES MELBOURNE, AUS | JANUARY 20-FEBRUARY 2, 2020 | AUD $4,100,000 GRAND SLAM EVENT wtatennis.com | facebook.com/WTA | twitter.com/WTA | youtube.com/WTA Tournament Website: www.wtatennis.com | @AustralianOpen | facebook.com/AustralianOpen WTA Communications: Catherine Sneddon (
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[email protected]) AUSTRALIAN OPEN - DAY 2 FEATURED MATCH-UPS KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #41) vs. [2] KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #2) Series tied 2-2 Mladenovic looking for first main draw win of 2020... Pliskova one of three players in the draw who have yet to lose a match in 2020 [19] DONNA VEKIC (CRO #20) vs. [WC] MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #145) Sharapova leads 1-0 Vekic contesting this fortnight at a career high seeding at a Grand Slam...Sharapova looking for her first Grand Slam match win since making R16 here last year [Q] ELISABETTA COCCIARETTO (ITA #175) vs. [17] ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #18) First career meeting Cocciaretto making career Grand Slam main draw debut... Kerber last lost to a player outside the Top 100 at 2011 Wimbledon [6] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #7) vs. ANNA KAROLINA SCHMIEDLOVA (SVK #203) Schmiedlova leads 1-0 Bencic enjoying her highest seeding at a Slam... Schmiedlova has fallen in 1r of last 11 Grand Slam main draw appearances AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS #52) vs. [31] ANASTASIJA SEVASTOVA (LAT #33) Sevastova leads 2-0 Tomljanovic one of seven Australians competing on home soil... Sevastova owns 11-2 record against Australians JENNIFER BRADY (USA #49) vs. [4] SIMONA HALEP (ROU #3) Halep leads 1-0 Brady earned first Top 5 career win over Barty earlier this year...Halep is only player to be part of Top 4 seeds in Melbourne for five past years [5] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) vs.