SYDNEY: Belgian world number 16 Yanina Wickmayer on Thursday missed out on a seeding for next week’s Australian Open and must go through qualifying to play in the year’s Grand Slam opener, officials said.
Wickmayer, who won last week’s Auckland Classic final, would normally have been awarded a seeding but was unable to register in time before the closing date for main-draw entry because of a doping ban.
She made an unsuccessful bid for a wildcard into the Open, and her only path into the tournament’s main draw will now be through qualifying, officials said.
Belgian seven-time Grand Slam winner Justine Henin, making a comeback after 19 months in retirement, has been granted a wildcard and will be unseeded when the tournament begins at Melbourne Park next Monday. The men’s and women’s singles draws will be held on Friday (today).
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