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Speaker 1: Tennis's first Grand slam of the year kicks off today

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Speaker 1: with the Australian Open in Melbourne.

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Speaker 2: Twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 1: Champion in world number one Arena Sabalanka enters as the

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Speaker 1: tournament's first overall seed for the first time.

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Speaker 2: She'll be challenged by number two.

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Speaker 1: Egas Fontec, number three Cocoa Golf, and number four Jasmine Paulini.

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Speaker 1: The first round starts tonight at seven pm Eastern, with

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Speaker 1: live coverage cross ESPN platforms. For more women's sports stories,

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