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Rod Laver Arena
Day session - From 7:30pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 3
A. Sabalenka 1 vs C. Tauson
Day session - Not before 10:00pm EST
Men's Singles • Round 3
N. Borges vs C. Alcaraz 3
Night session - From 3:00am EST
Men's Singles • Round 3
N. Djokovic 7 vs T. Machac 26
Women's Singles • Round 3
O. Danilovic vs J. Pegula 7

Margaret Court Arena

Day session - From 7:30pm EST
Women's Singles • Round 3
D. Shnaider 12 vs D. Vekic 18
Day session - Not before 9:30pm EST
Men's Singles • Round 3
J. Fearnley vs A. Zverev 2
Night session - From 3:00am EST
Women's Singles • Round 3
C. Gauff 3 vs L. Fernandez 30
Men's Singles • Round 3
J. Draper 15 vs A. Vukic

John Cain Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 3
A. Pavlyuchenkova 27 vs L. Siegemund
Day session - Not before 9:00pm EST
Men's Singles • Round 3
R. Carballes Baena vs T. Paul 12

Twilight session - From 1:00am EST
Women's Singles • Round 3
N. Osaka vs B. Bencic
Men's Singles • Round 3
U. Humbert 14 vs A. Fils 20

Kia Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Men's Doubles • Round 1
A. Krajicek/R. Ram vs M. Ebden 9/J. Vliegen 9
Day session - Not before 8:30pm EST
Women's Singles • Round 3
P. Badosa 11 vs M. Kostyuk 17
Men's Singles • Round 3
J. Mensik vs A. Davidovich Fokina
Men's Singles • Round 3
J. Lehecka 24 vs B. Bonzi

1573 Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Doubles • Round 2
K. Siniakova 1/T. Townsend 1 vs S. Aoyama/E. Hozumi
Men's Doubles • Round 2
J. Murray 12/J. Peers 12 vs T. Griekspoor/B. van de Zandschulp
Day session - Not before 9:30pm EST
Women's Singles • Round 3
M. Frech 23 vs M. Andreeva 14
Women's Doubles • Round 1
D. Aiava WC/M. Inglis WC vs M. Kostyuk/E. Ruse

Court 3
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Men's Doubles • Round 2
S. Bolelli 3/A. Vavassori 3 vs L. Darderi/D. Hidalgo
Men's Doubles • Round 2
V. Cornea/M. Navone vs K. Krawietz 4/T. Puetz 4
Women's Doubles • Round 1
S. Errani 4/J. Paolini 4 vs P. Hon WC/D. Saville WC
Mixed Doubles • Round 1
T. Preston WC/E. Winter WC vs D. Schuurs 7/T. Puetz 7
Mixed Doubles • Round 1
I. Khromacheva/J. Withrow vs D. Saville WC/L. Saville WC

Court 5
Day session - From 9:00pm EST

Women's Doubles • Round 2
M. Lumsden/A. Siskova vs G. Dabrowski 2/E. Routliffe 2
Day session - Not before 10:00pm EST
Men's Doubles • Round 2
M. Arevalo 1/M. Pavic 1 vs D. Dzumhur A/P. Tsitsipas A
Women's Doubles • Round 1
M. Kato/R. Zarazua vs S. Kenin 10/M. Niculescu 10
Mixed Doubles • Round 1
G. Olmos/M. Gonzalez vs O. Nicholls/H. Patten

Court 6
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Doubles • Round 2
R. Sramkova/V. Tomova vs K. Rakhimova/S. Sorribes Tormo
Mixed Doubles • Round 1
K. Mladenovic/I. Dodig vs S. Zhang/R. Bopanna
Day session - Not before 10:30pm EST
Men's Doubles • Round 1
N. Lammons 7/J. Withrow 7 vs M. Giron/E. King
Women's Doubles • Round 1
B. Haddad Maia 15/L. Siegemund 15 vs Q. Gleason/S. Lamens
Mixed Doubles • Round 1
D. Krawczyk 5/N. Skupski 5 vs T. Babos/M. Arevalo

Court 7
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Men's Doubles • Round 2
A. Pavlasek/J. Rojer vs P. Martinez/J. Munar
Women's Doubles • Round 2
K. Birrell WC/O. Gadecki WC vs U. Eikeri/M. Ninomiya
Men's Doubles • Round 2
H. Heliovaara 6/H. Patten 6 vs M. Polmans WC/M. Romios WC
Women's Doubles • Round 1
V. Kudermetova 11/E. Shibahara 11 vs P. Plipuech WC/C. Tsao WC
Mixed Doubles • Round 1
K. Birrell WC/J. Smith WC vs H. Chan/M. Melo

Court 8
Day session - From 9:00pm EST

Women's Doubles • Round 2
A. Muhammad 7/D. Schuurs 7 vs A. Blinkova/F. Wu
Day session - Not before 10:30pm EST
Men's Doubles • Round 1
F. Cerundolo/T. Etcheverry vs J. Cash 11/L. Glasspool 11
Mixed Doubles • Round 1
A. Muhammad 8/A. Molteni 8 vs K. Siniakova/Z. Zhang
Women's Doubles • Round 2
B. Pera/S. Santamaria vs H. Guo 12/A. Panova 12

Court 13
Day session - From 9:00pm EST

Women's Doubles • Round 2
T. Babos 13/N. Melichar-Martinez 13 vs E. Alexandrova/Y. Yuan
Day session - Not before 10:00pm EST
Women's Doubles • Round 2
TBD vs S. Hsieh 3/J. Ostapenko 3
Women's Doubles • Round 1
J. Cristian/C. Rosatello vs C. Bucsa/Y. Sizikova
Mixed Doubles • Round 1
E. Jones WC/H. Jones WC vs S. Hsieh 6/J. Zielinski 6

Please note: this schedule and format is provisional and is subject to alteration without notice (for example, the starting time may change if extreme heat is forecast or the tournament is behind schedule).

For the night session, Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena doors will not be opened for patron access before 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm sessions, and 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm sessions, or less than 30 minutes after the conclusion of the day session, whichever is later.

Good chance Machac will knock off Djokovic..
Kostyk is much better than when Badosa beat her last, could be a good one..I would bet on Kostyuk
Osaka-Bencic looks close but only if Osaka loses her head .Osaka is a class better than Bencic..also, is a bit further along on her comeback..
There are some nice doubles matches to see though..Siniakova and TT have a good team of opponents, Hsieh/Osta are also in action..

ashkor87 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 16, 2025 10:23 am Good chance Machac will knock off Djokovic..
Kostyk is much better than when Badosa beat her last, could be a good one..I would bet on Kostyuk
Osaka-Bencic looks close but only if Osaka loses her head .Osaka is a class better than Bencic..also, is a bit further along on her comeback..
There are some nice doubles matches to see though..Siniakova and TT have a good team of opponents, Hsieh/Osta are also in action..

Osaka has played some great tennis this year and she is feeling confident. I think she will come through. Could knock off Gauff but I wouldn’t bet on it. Gauff is in top form right now.

Djokovic hasn’t looked as sharp as usual. Even footwork. An upset wouldn’t surprise me.

Agree about Gauff. I think she is going to win this tournament..of course Saba has a chance to, as does Swiatek and so too Rybakjna

Siegemund down 1-6, 1-4 to Pavs...

Tauson putting up a good fight against Sabalenka in the first set.

Shnaider/Vekic in a first set tie break.

Tauson served at 4-4. Very long game. Sabalenka broke.

Figured would be easy hold for the match but she was very "nervy" and was way more stressful than I anticipated

Shnaider vs Vekic is - tense

What an epic gag by Shnaider in the last four games after going up 5-3. She could not keep a ball close to the court. Strange.

And the announcers on ESPN+ are totally ignoring her collapse and acting like Vekic won it.

Kostyuk seems to be coming apart mentally

https://www.tennis.com/news/articles/co ... alian-open

more words of 'wisdom' from Steve Tignor! how many of these do you agree with?

I did not agree with his picking Osaka over Muchova, and he was right.

jazzyg wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:29 am I did not agree with his picking Osaka over Muchova, and he was right.

And this time?

This time Tignor was right. Happy for Bencic (always liked her), but not at all happy that Naomi didn't last a full match.

What’s up with Sabalenka and the close sets? I haven’t watched her yet but I was assuming she would cruise through to the later stages. Is she playing a notch below usual or are opponents playing a notch above?

Gauff routined Leylah 6-4, 6-2 as expected.