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\n When do Sinner & Djokovic play on Thursday at the Australian Open?<\/p>\n
Italian faces Duckworth, Djokovic meets Maestrelli<\/p>\n
January 21, 2026<\/p>\n
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Jannik Sinner is in action on Rod Laver Arena on Thursday in Melbourne.
\n By ATP Staff<\/p>\n
Jannik Sinner<\/a> and Novak Djokovic<\/a> will continue their Australian Open<\/a> campaigns Thursday on Rod Laver<\/a> Arena.<\/p>\n The two-time defending champion Sinner will face Australian wild card James Duckworth<\/a> in the next stage of his three-peat attempt at the hard-court major. The Italian, who has not lost in Melbourne since 2023, will open the evening session not before 7 p.m. AEDT \/ 3 a.m. EST. Sinner leads Duckworth 2-1 in the pair\u2019s Lexus ATP Head2Head series, but they have not met since 2021.<\/p>\n View Thursday\u2019s schedule here.<\/a><\/p>\n Earlier in the day on Rod Laver<\/a> Arena, record 10-time titlist Djokovic will meet Italian qualifier Francesco Maestrelli<\/a> in the second round, with the match not before 1:30 p.m. AEDT \/ 10:30 p.m. EST Wednesday. Djokovic was close to his best in his first-round win against Pedro Martinez<\/a>, advancing 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in his first match since he won his 101st tour-level title in Athens in November. Djokovic and Maestrelli will follow the women\u2019s singles clash between Jessica Pegula and McCartney Kessler.<\/p>\n You May Also Like: Maestrelli ecstatic for Djokovic showdown: ‘One of the most exciting things of my life’<\/a><\/p>\n The fifth seed Lorenzo Musetti<\/a> and 12th seed Casper Ruud<\/a> are both in action on Margaret Court Arena, while American Top 10 stars Ben Shelton<\/a> and Taylor Fritz<\/a> play on John Cain Arena. Stan Wawrinka<\/a> is playing at the Australian Open<\/a> for the final time. The 2014 champion takes on French qualifier Arthur Gea<\/a>, third on Kia Arena.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ATP Tour When do Sinner & Djokovic play on Thursday at the Australian Open? Italian faces Duckworth, Djokovic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250103,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-250102","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}