Australian Open draw: Andy Murray, Johanna Konta, Novak Djokovic & Serena Williams learn their fate

The draw for the Australian Open has been made (Picture: Getty)

Andy Murray will begin his first Grand Slam as the top seed against Ukraine’s Ilya Marchenko.

The Scot will take on the world No. 93, in what will be seen as a good draw at the Australian Open.

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World No. 2 Novak Djokovic’s draw was far less forgiving as he was handed a tricky tie against Fernando Verdasco.

The pair met in the semi-finals of the Qatar Open – a match in which Djokovic had to save five match points.

Rafael Nadal begins against Florian Mayer, with Roger Federer, who is in Murray’s quarter of the draw, taking on a qualifier.

For the other British men in the main draw, Kyle Edmund starts his campaign against Santiago Giraldo, while Dan Evans kicks off against Facundo Bagnis.

Murray will be happy with his draw (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)

Johanna Konta has been handed a tough first round draw against Belgian star Kirsten Flipkens.

Flipkens is a former world No. 13 and reached the fourth round of the Melbourne Grand Slam in 2013.

However, Konta is in good form and would expect to come through against the 31-year-old.

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Naomi Broady will begin against Daria Gavrilova, while Heather Watson will face Sam Stosur.

Elsewhere in the women’s draw, World No. 1 Angelique Kerber takes on Lesia Tsurenko, while Serena Williams, who is chasing her 23rd Grand Slam title takes on Belinda Bencic.

You can see the full women’s draw here and the men’s draw here.