Top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka return to action at the Australian Open on Wednesday while Emma Raducanu also bids to reach the third round.
Alcaraz continues his bid for a first Australian Open title and the career grand slam against Germany’s Yannick Hanfmann on the Rod Laver Arena, before two-time champion Sabalenka takes on Bai Zhuoxuan.
A win for Sabalenka would set up a third-round match with either Raducanu, the 28th seed, or Anastasia Potapova, who meet in the third match on the ANZ Arena.
Britain’s Cameron Norrie and qualifier Arthur Fery will also hope to reach the third round, against Emilio Nava and Tomas Martin Etcheverry respectively.
Elsewhere, as the second round of the tournament begins, home favourite Alex de Minaur takes to the night session against Hamad Medjedovic, and Coco Gauff plays Olga Danilovic, who defeated Venus Williams on Sunday.
Australian Open order of play
Day Four – Wednesday 21 January
Rod Laver Arena
12:30 AM GMT
- Aryna Sabalenka (1), Belarus, def. Zhuoxuan Bai, China, 6-3, 6-1.
- Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [1] vs. Yannick Hanfmann (GER)
8:00 AM GMT
- Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) vs. Alex De Minaur (AUS) [6]
- Iva Jovic (USA) [29] vs. Priscilla Hon (AUS)
Margaret Court Arena
12:30 AM GMT
- Andrey Rublev (13), Russia, def. Jaime Faria, Portugal, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 7-5.
- Coco Gauff (3), United States, def. Olga Danilovic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-2.
8:00 AM GMT
- Maria Sakkari (GRE) vs. Mirra Andreeva [8]
- Frances Tiafoe (USA) [29] vs. Francisco Comesana (ARG)
John Cain Arena
12:00 AM GMT
- Elina Svitolina (12), Ukraine, def. Linda Klimovicova, Poland, 7-5, 6-1.
- Daniil Medvedev (11), Russia, def. Quentin Halys, France, 6-7 (9), 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
6:00 AM GMT
- Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) vs. Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
- Alexander Zverev (GER) [3] vs. Alexandre Muller (FRA)
KIA Arena
12:00 AM GMT
- Diana Shnaider (23), Russia, def. Talia Gibson, Australia, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
- Reilly Opelka (USA) vs. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) [14]
- Alexander Bublik (KAZ) [10] vs. Marton Fucsovics (HUN)
- Magdalena Frech (POL) vs. Jasmine Paolini (ITA) [7]
1573 Arena
12:00 AM GMT
- Tommy Paul (19), United States, def. Thiago Agustin Tirante, Argentina, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.
- Victoria Mboko (17), Canada, def. Caty McNally, United States, 6-4, 6-3.
- Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs. Nuno Borges (POR)
- Karolina Muchova (CZE) [19] vs. Alycia Parks (USA)
ANZ Arena
12:00 AM GMT
- Francisco Cerundolo (18), Argentina, def. Damir Dzumhur, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1.
- Hailey Baptiste, United States, def. Storm Hunter, Australia, 6-2, 6-1.
- Anastasia Potapova, Russia, def. Emma Raducanu (28), Britain, 7-6 (3), 6-2.
- Learner Tien (USA) [25] vs. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ)
Court 5
12:00 AM GMT
- Cabrera / Preston vs. Wang / Zheng
- Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, def. Elsa Jacquemot, France, 6-1, 6-2.
- Piter / Tjen vs. Kasatkina / Rodionova
- Cash / Tracy [14] vs. Frantzen / Haase
Court 6
12:00 AM GMT
- Fabian Marozsan, Hungary, def. Kamil Majchrzak, Poland, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
- Clara Tauson (14), Denmark, def. Polina Kudermetova, Russia, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
- Michael Zheng (USA) vs. Corentin Moutet (FRA) [32]
- Ann Li (USA) vs. Magda Linette (POL)
Court 7
12:00 AM GMT
- Zeynep Sonmez, Turkiye, def. Anna Bondar, Hungary, 6-2, 6-4.
- Tomas Martin Etcheverry, Argentina, def. Arthur Fery, Britain, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-3.
- Hsieh / Ostapenko [3] vs. Gadecki / Krawczyk
- Emilio Nava (USA) vs. Cameron Norrie (GBR) [26]
Court 8
12:00 AM GMT
- Maria / Waltert vs. Kozyreva / Santamaria
- Siniakova / Townsend [1] vs. Kempen / Siskova
- McCabe / Tu vs. Bergs / Collignon
- Xu / Yang vs. Ruzic / Zarazua
Court 12
12:00 AM GMT
- Arribage / Olivetti vs. Mannarino / Martin
- Darderi / Garin vs. Krajicek / Mektic [16]
- Muhammad / Routliffe [6] vs. Noskova / Sramkova
- Cirstea / Kalinskaya vs. Mertens / Zhang [4]
Court 13
12:00 AM GMT
- Pavlasek / Smith vs. Harper / Walton
- Bucsa / Melichar-Martinez [9] vs. Babos / Fernandez
- Duckworth / Hewitt vs. Bhambri / Goransson [10]
- Olmos / Sutjiadi vs. Aiava / Inglis
- Harrison / Skupski [6] vs. Schnaitter / Wallner
Court 14
12:00 AM GMT
- Maleckova / Skoch vs. Bejlek / Pigossi
- Cash / Glasspool [1] vs. Behar / Vliegen Not before: 3:00 AM GMT
- Shang / Zhang vs. Ebden / Ram
- Gonzalez / Molteni [13] vs. Machac / Vocel
Court 15
12:00 AM GMT
- Kessler / Pegula vs. Dabrowski / Stefani [5]
- Griekspoor / Van de Zandschulp vs. Andreozzi / Guinard [11]
- Perez / Schuurs [8] vs. Haverlag / Kartal
- De Jong / Verbeek vs. Luz / Matos
Australian Open tournament schedule
Sunday 18 January
- 16 x men’s singles and 16 x women’s singles | first round
Monday 19 January
- 28 x men’s singles and 28 x women’s singles | first round
Tuesday 20 January
- 20 x men’s singles and 20 x women’s singles | first round
- 8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles| first round
Wednesday 21 January
- 16 x men’s singles and 16 x women’s singles | second round
- 12 x men’s doubles and12 x women’s doubles| first round
Thursday 22 January
- 16 x men’s singles and 16 x women’s singles | second round
- 12 x men’s doubles and12 x women’s doubles| first round
Friday 23 January
- 8 x men’s singles and 8 x women’s singles | third round
- 8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles | second round
- 6 x mixed doubles | first round
Saturday 24 January
- 8 x men’s singles and 8 x women’s singles | third round
- 8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles | second round
- 6 x mixed doubles | first round
- 16 x boys’ singles and 16 x girls’ singles | first round
Sunday 25 January
- 4 x men’s singles and 4 x women’s singles | fourth round
- 4 x men’s doubles and 4 x women’s doubles | third round
- 4 x mixed doubles | second round
- 16 x boys’ singles and 16 x girls’ singles | first round
Monday 26 January
- 4 x men’s singles and 4 x women’s singles | fourth round
- 4 x men’s doubles and 4 x women’s doubles | third round
- 4 x mixed doubles | second round
- 8 x boys’ singles and 8 x girls’ singles | second round
Tuesday 27 January
- 2 x men’s singles and 2 x women’s singles | Quarter-finals
- 2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Quarter-finals
- 4 x mixed doubles | Quarter-finals
- 8 x men’s and 8 x women’s wheelchair singles | first round
- 8 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | second round
Wednesday 28 January
- 2 x men’s singles and 2 x women’s singles | Quarter-finals
- 2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Quarter-finals
- 2 x mixed doubles | Semi-finals
- 4 x men’s and 4 x women’s wheelchair singles | Quarter-finals
- 4 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | third round
Thursday 29 January
- 2 x women’s singles | Semi-finals
- 2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Semi-finals
- 2 x men’s and 2 x women’s wheelchair singles | Semi-finals
- 4 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | third round
Friday 30 January
- 2 x men’s singles | Semi-finals
- Mixed doubles final 🏆
- Men’s wheelchair doubles final 🏆
- Women’s wheelchair doubles final 🏆
- 4 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | quarter-finals
Saturday 31 January
- Women’s singles final 🏆
- Men’s doubles final 🏆
- Women’s doubles final 🏆
- Men’s wheelchair singles final 🏆
- Women’s wheelchair singles final 🏆
- 2 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | semi-finals
Sunday 1 February
- Men’s singles final 🏆
- Boys’ singles final 🏆
- Girls’ singles final 🏆
