John Alexander must feel like the player returning from injury who draws Roger Federer in the first round.

The reliable, if unspectacular grass court technician can still make it through, but he'll have to be on his game. And then some.

Exaggeration? Perhaps. Kristina Keneally is not the world's No.1 player, but there's no doubt she's a heavy hitter. An intimidating opponent with an established profile who must be taken very seriously.

The December 16 Bennelong byelection match-up between KK, as she's become known, and JA as he was known on the professional tennis tour, is a political script worthy of Netflix.