Well, we made it. Welcome to the 2022 tennis season, as we are set to kick off the year Down Under with the Australian Open.

If you haven’t been following the news, boy, have you missed a lot. Heading into 2022, we knew Roger Federer, Dominic Thiem, Serena Williams, Bianca Andreescu and Stan Wawrinka — among others — would miss the Australian Open. Now, the world waits to hear about Novak Djokovic’s status. We do, however, get the return of Naomi Osaka, Ashleigh Barty, Rafael Nadal and 2020 champion Sofia Kenin.

Due to the COVID-19-altered rankings, players will be defending their 2020 points (if more than what they earned in 2021). This means Djokovic, Sofia Kenin and Osaka are each defending 2000 points, while Garbine Muguruza...

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