Australian Open 2014 Draw: Date, Time, Live Stream Info and More

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Published: January 6, 2014

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Where other individual sports typically wait until the weather heads up stateside to begin their series of major events, professional tennis barely waits until the ball drops on the new year. Just two weeks after Ryan Seacrest told you to flip your calendars, the world's best and brightest tennis players are preparing for the 2014 Australian Open in Melbourne.

But before we see whether Rafael Nadal or Serena Williams can carry over their dominance from 2013, the world's two best players must find out who they are playing. Qualifying tournaments and other events will soon cede their time to the Australian Open draw, the yearly event that splits the field of 128 into supposedly equal parts.

So with the draw coming later this week, let's all avoid headaches and check in with how this whole thing will play out Down Under. 



 

Draw Information

Date: Friday, Jan. 10

Time: TBD

Where: Melbourne, Australia

Watch: Australian Open TV

 

Process



The draw for the Australian Open is mostly straightforward. The Top 32 players in the field receive a seed, with the remaining 96 spots being a series of unseeded or qualifying players. There is an initial qualifiers draw and tournament to determine which players who would not otherwise qualify for the Grand Slam event will get one of the extra spots.

From there, the field is then divided into eight 16-person subsections in the form of a typical 128-man tournament. You know, just your typical Saturday evening beer-pong tournament. Only for tennis. The field is divided such that the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds cannot face until the finals and the No. 1 and No. 4 seeds and No. 2 and No. 3 seeds would meet in the semis.

Beyond that, the system is set up on a randomized draw to ensure something of an even playing field for every p...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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