Australian Open. The second round in the men’s and women’s singles continues while there is plenty of doubles action kicking off on the outside courts.
Day four pushed into the wee hours as Great Britain’s Jack Draper overcame local hero Thanasi Kokkinakis in five gruelling sets, but as is the way at Melbourne Park the punters have popped off for a nap and are back into it again.
Great Britain’s other high-profile hope Emma Raducanu is one of the first to step onto the hardcourts today with the 2021 US Open winner hoping to pass the second round in the singles for the first time at Melbourne Park. The 22-year-old won’t have a free pass against American Amanda Anisimova. Women’s second seed Iga Swiatek will face Rebecca Sramkova on Rod Laver Arena shortly, with Alex de Minaur to follow on the main court against American qualifier Tristan Boyer.
We’ll have our eyes peeled on Raducana, Swiatek and de Minaur to start with, but here are the tastier match-ups to fill our afternoon with:
11am: Emma Raducanu v Amanda Anisimova
11am: Hubert Hurkacz (18) v Miomir Kecmanovic
11.30am: Iga Swiatek (2) v Rebecca Sramkova
11.30am: Emma Navarro (8) v Xiyu Wang
1pm: Taylor Fritz (4) v Cristian Garin
1.30pm: Alex de Minaur (8) v Tristan Boyer
1.30pm: Elena Rybakina (6) v Iva Jovic
I’ll be with you until 3pm AEDT when Jonathan Howcroft will take the reins. Let me know your thoughts and predictions on email or @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let’s get into it!
