Barty opens 2022 with Adelaide appearance

World No.1 Ash Barty will kick off her 2022 season at the Adelaide International Australian Open warm-up in the first week of January.

Barty, who won the tournament last year, will be joined at Memorial Drive by defending champion Iga Swiatek, Garbine Muguruza and Karolina Pliskova.

Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka and US Open winner Emma Raducanu will headline the two women’s warm-up tournaments taking place over two weeks at Melbourne Park.

Peter Rowe

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