Meet top Australian Open women contenders

New Delhi: The new tennis season of 2014 will start from Australian Open, one of the famous grand slam titles in tennis. The tournament will kick off from 13th January 2014.Though the tournament will witness amazing games between the titans of tennis, there are some top players who will try their level best to get on top of the table in the early stages in a bid to win the crown.World no. 1 Serena Williams is the defending champion and will be hard to defeat by anyone but there are some woman players who may give tough competition to the top seed.Here is the list of top women contenders of this grand slam title:1. Serena Williams: Top seeded World's number one player, Serena Williams will be confident of winning the Grand Slam title as previous year she had won 11 titles. Also last week, she had beaten Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka back-to-back to win in Brisbane without dropping a single set. 2. Li Na: Last year's runners up, Chinese player Li Na will fight real hard this time to win this tournament. Li Na will be Williams' biggest barricade before the final. 3. Maria Sharapova: The 2008 champion of Australian Open, Sharapova was disappointing in 2013 due to her shoulder problem. She lost in the Wimbledon second round, dropped out of the US Open and won no other match the rest of the year but still finished 37-7 and is seeded No.3 here.She is fine player in the court and can turn things around into her favor. 4. Victoria Azarenka: Two-time defending champion Azarenka of Belarus, will be a player to bet upon in this tournament. Azarenka defended the Australian Open, reached the final of US Open, finished No.2 for 2013. The Belarusssian starts against Swedish Johanna Larsson, with a road to semifinals likely including Hsieh Su-Wei, No.27 seeded Jamie Hampton, No.13 Sloane Stephens or No.19 Svetlana Kuznetsova, and then No.5 seed Agnieszka Radwanska in quarterfinals. 5. Agnieszka Radwanska: Radwanska achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 2 in July 2012 and is currently ranked world no. 5 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Known for constructing points and making intelligent use of the court, she has won thirteen career singles titles.She is the last in our list of top contenders of Australian Open.