Ashwini Ponnappa will compete in both the women’s and mixed doubles after she was elevated alongside Tanisha Crasto (replacing Americans Francesca Corbett/Allison Lee) and Reddy B. Sumeeth (Mark Lamsfuss/Isabel Lohau) to the SATHIO GROUP Australian Open 2023 first round.

Back at the tournament after four years, the Indian veteran and her partners face a tough challenge in both events – against Taipei Open runners-up Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma/Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi and improving Japanese youngsters Hiroki Midorikawa/Natsu Saito.

This will also be Crasto/Ponnappa’s first event since winning the Nantes International Challenge last month.

The following players have also been promoted to the main draw.

Men’s singles

1. Kiran George (Lu Guang Zu)
2. Chi Yu Jen (Alex Lanier)
3. Jeon Hyeok Jin (third seed Shi Yu Qi)
4. Su Li Yang (eighth seed Li Shi Feng)

Women’s singles

1. Liang Ting Yu (top seed An Se Young)
2. Lin Hsiang Ti (Natsuki Nidaira)

Men’s doubles

1. Ryan Tong/Jack Wang (M.r. Arjun/Dhruv Kapila)
2. Chiang Chien-Wei/Wu Hsuan-Yi (Lee Jhe-Huei/Yang Po-Hsuan)
3. Ming Che Lu/Tang Kai Wei (Lamsfuss/Marvin Seidel)
4. Shaurya Madaan/Ytharth Madaan (seventh seeds Choi Sol Gyu/Kim Won Ho)
5. Rizky Hidayat/Frengky Wijaya Putra (Christian Bernardo/Alvin Morada)
6. Kanki Igawa/Raymond Tam (Muhammad Shohibul Fikri/Bagas Maulana)

Women’s doubles

1. Paula Lynn Cao Hok/Lauren Lam (top seeds Baek Ha Na/Lee So Hee)
2. Liu Chiao-Yun/Wang Yu Qiao (fifth seeds Jeong Na Eun/Kim Hye Jeong)

Mixed doubles

1. Rayne Wang/Angela Yu (top seeds Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino)
2. Cheng Xing/Chen Fang Hui (Jones Ralfy Jansen/Linda Efler)
3. Jhe-Huei/Hsu Ya Ching (fourth seeds Won Ho/Na Eun)
4. Kenneth Choo/Gronya Somerville (Po-Hsuan/Hu Ling Fang)

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SATHIO GROUP Australian Open 2023 starts tomorrow, with the first qualification match scheduled at 7am Kuala Lumpur time (UTC +8).

Fun fact: Ponnappa had different partners in both disciplines the last time she played Australian Open in 2019 – Reddy Sikki in women’s doubles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy in mixed doubles.