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top seed Carlos Alcaraz and Alina Sabalenka Headlines from opening day of action australian open Sunday as Venus Williams Returning to the game at the age of 45, he strives to create history in Melbourne.
Alcaraz will be aiming to win his first Australian Open title as he attempts to become The youngest man in history to complete a career Grand Slam. The Spaniard faces home hope Adam Walton in his first-round tie at Rod Laver Arena.
Sabalenka is aiming to regain her Australian Open title after losing to Madison Keys in last year’s final. No. 1 in the world, Reached three consecutive Melbourne finalsthe first match was against No. 188 Tiantsoa Rakotomanga Rajaonah.
By accepting the wild card, Williams will become the oldest woman to compete in the main draw of the Australian Open. The seven-time Grand Slam singles champion will face Olga Danilovich in her first match in five years.
elsewhere, Emma RaducanuWHO On a collision course with Sabalenkaagainst Thailand’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew, while qualifier Arthur Fery will face Italian No. 20 seed Flavio Cobolli in the first round.
Australian Open match order
Day 1 – Sunday, January 18
(All times UK – GMT)
Rod Laver Arena
00:30
- Aleksandra Sasnovich VS Aleksandra Sasnovich [7] Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
- [3] Alexander Zverev (Germany) VS Gabriel Diallo (Canada)
08:00
Margaret Court Arena
00:30
- Maria Sakkari (Greece) vs. Leolia Jeanjean (France)
- [18] Francisco Cerundolo (Argentina) VS Zhang Zhizhen (China)
08:00
- [10] Alexander Bublik (Kazakhstan) VS Jason Brooksby (USA)
- Dipless (TI) THANCI of Manwlangwanagha. [28] Emma Raducanu (U.K)
John Cain Arena
00:00
- Arthur Ferry (UK) vs. [20] Flavio Coboli (Italy)
No earlier than 02:30
2. [12] Elina Svitolina (UK) vs. Cristina Bucsa (Spain)
No earlier than 06:00
3. [29] Frances Tiafoe (USA) vs. Jason Kubler (Australia) 4. Olga Danilovic (SRB) vs. Venus Williams (USA)
kia arena
00:00
- Talia Gibson (Australia) vs Anna Blinkova
- Tristan Skuckett (Australia) vs. [32] Colentinmoute (France)
No earlier than 02:30
3. Michael Cheng (USA) vs. Sebastian Korda (USA) 4. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Zhuoxuan Bai (China)
Chapter 1573 Arena
00:00
- Miomir Kekmanovic(SRB) VS Thomas Martin Echeverry(ARG)
- [11] Ekaterina Alexandrova VS Zeynep Sonmez (Turkey)
- Benjamin Bonzi (France) vs. [26] Cameron Norrie (UK)
ANZ Arena
11:00 am
- [26] Dayana Yastremska (UKR) vs. Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU)
- Elsa Jacquemot (France) vs. [20] Marta Kostiuk (UK)
- Camilo Hugo Carabelli(ARG) VS Marton Fucsovic(Hungary)
- Suzan Lamens (Netherlands) vs Anastasia Potapova (Australia)
Court 6
00:00
- Yulia Putintseva (Kazakhstan) VS Beatrice Haddad Maia (Brazil)
- Emilio Nava (USA) vs. Kylian Jacquet (France)
- Yannick Hanfmann (Germany) vs. Zachary Svaida (USA)
Court 7
03:00
- Patrick Capson(USA) vs. Francisco Comesana(Argentina)
- Polina Kudermetova (UZB) vs. Guiomar Maristany Zuleta of Reales (Spain)
Court 8
0200
- Caty McNally (USA) vs. Himeno Sakatsume (Japan)
- Liam Draxl (Canada) vs. Damir Dzumhur (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Courtroom 13
0300
- Haley Baptiste(USA) vs. [32] Marketa Vondroušová (Czech Republic)
- Arthur Cazaux (France) vs Jaime Faria (Poland)
Australian Open schedule
Sunday, January 18
- 16 Men’s Singles and 16 Women’s Singles | Round 1
Monday, January 19
- 28 Men’s Singles and 28 Women’s Singles | Round 1
Tuesday, January 20
- 20 Men’s Singles and 20 Women’s Singles | Round 1
- 8 Men’s Doubles and 8 Women’s Doubles | Round 1
Wednesday, January 21st
- 16 Men’s Singles and 16 Women’s Singles | Second Round
- 12 Men’s Doubles and 12 Women’s Doubles | Round 1
Thursday, January 22
- 16 Men’s Singles and 16 Women’s Singles | Second Round
- 12 Men’s Doubles and 12 Women’s Doubles | Round 1
Friday, January 23
- 8 Men’s Singles and 8 Women’s Singles | Third Round
- 8 Men’s Doubles and 8 Women’s Doubles | Second Round
- 6 Mixed Doubles | First Round
Saturday, January 24
- 8 Men’s Singles and 8 Women’s Singles | Third Round
- 8 Men’s Doubles and 8 Women’s Doubles | Second Round
- 6 Mixed Doubles | Round 1
- 16 Men’s Singles and 16 Women’s Singles | Round 1
Sunday, January 25
- 4 Men’s Singles and 4 Women’s Singles | Fourth Round
- 4 men’s doubles and 4 women’s doubles | Third round
- 4x Mixed Doubles | Second Round
- 16 Men’s Singles and 16 Women’s Singles | Round 1
Monday, January 26
- 4 Men’s Singles and 4 Women’s Singles | Fourth Round
- 4 men’s doubles and 4 women’s doubles | Third round
- 4x Mixed Doubles | Second Round
- 8 Men’s Singles and 8 Women’s Singles | Second Round
Tuesday, January 27
- 2 Men’s Singles and 2 Women’s Singles | Quarterfinals
- 2 Men’s Doubles and 2 Women’s Doubles | Quarterfinals
- 4x Mixed Doubles | Quarterfinals
- 8 Men and 8 Women Wheelchair Singles | Round 1
- 8 Men’s Singles and 2 Women’s Singles | Second Round
Wednesday, January 28
- 2 Men’s Singles and 2 Women’s Singles | Quarterfinals
- 2 Men’s Doubles and 2 Women’s Doubles | Quarterfinals
- 2x Mixed Doubles | Semifinals
- 4 Men and 4 Women Wheelchair Singles | Quarterfinals
- 4 Men’s Singles and 2 Women’s Singles | Round 3
Thursday, January 29
- 2 x Women’s Singles | Semifinals
- 2 men’s doubles and 2 women’s doubles | Semifinals
- 2 Men and 2 Women Wheelchair Singles | Semi-finals
- 4 Men’s Singles and 2 Women’s Singles | Round 3
Friday, January 30
- 2 x Men’s Singles | Semifinals
- Mixed doubles final🏆
- Men’s Wheelchair Doubles Final🏆
- Women’s Wheelchair Doubles Final🏆
- 4 Men’s Singles and 2 Women’s Singles | Quarterfinals
Saturday, January 31st
- Women’s singles final🏆
- Men’s doubles final🏆
- Women’s doubles final🏆
- Men’s Wheelchair Singles Final🏆
- Women’s Wheelchair Singles Final🏆
- 2 Men’s Singles and 2 Women’s Singles | Semi-finals
Sunday, February 1
- Men’s singles final🏆
- Men’s singles final🏆
- Women’s singles final🏆