Johanna Larsson to be Azarenka’s first rival at Australian Open

The Swede is in the 90th position in the WTA rankings and the Belarusian is in the second one. Victoria Azarenka’s potential rivals are Maria Sharapova, Jelena Janković, Caroline Wozniacki, Agnieszka Radwańska and Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Azarenka won the Australian Open twice in the past two years. The tournament will start on Monday, January 13.