Andy Murray draws Robin Haase in Australian Open

Andy Murray will meet Dutch world number 50 Robin Haase in the first round of the Australian Open.

The draw for the season-opening Grand Slam was made in Melbourne on Friday.

US Open champion Murray has won one and lost one of his previous two encounters with the 25-year-old.

The Brit is joined in the bottom half of the draw by Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro.

Four-time winner Federer will meet Frenchman Benoit Paire, while Del Potro has been handed a tie against a qualifier.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic will face France's Paul-Henri Mathieu and fourth seed David Ferrer, who is on the same half of the draw as the world number one, has been paired with a qualifier.

The Australian Open starts at Melbourne Park on Monday.