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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
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
Jaime Faria (POR) vs. Andrey Rublev [13] Coco Gauff (USA) [3] vs. Olga Danilovic (SRB)
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 (UKR) [12] vs. Linda Klimovicova (POL) Daniil Medvedev [11] vs. Quentin Halys (FRA)
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
Talia Gibson (AUS) vs. Diana Shnaider [23] 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 (USA) [19] vs. Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) Victoria Mboko (CAN) [17] vs. Caty McNally (USA) Jordan Thompson (AUS) vs. Nuno Borges (POR) Karolina Muchova (CZE) [19] vs. Alycia Parks (USA)
ANZ Arena
12:00 AM GMT
Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) [18] vs. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) Storm Hunter (AUS) vs. Hailey Baptiste (USA) Anastasia Potapova vs. Emma Raducanu (GBR) [28] Learner Tien (USA) [25] vs. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ)
Court 5
12:00 AM GMT
Cabrera / Preston vs. Wang / Zheng Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) vs. Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) Piter / Tjen vs. Kasatkina / Rodionova Cash / Tracy [14] vs. Frantzen / Haase
Court 6
12:00 AM GMT
Kamil Majchrzak (POL) vs. Fabian Marozsan (HUN) followed by Not before: 2:00 AM GMT Polina Kudermetova (UZB) vs. Clara Tauson (DEN) [14] Michael Zheng (USA) vs. Corentin Moutet (FRA) [32] Ann Li (USA) vs. Magda Linette (POL)
Court 7
12:00 AM GMT
Zeynep Sonmez (TUR) vs. Anna Bondar (HUN) Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) vs. Arthur Fery (GBR) 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 round8 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 round12 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 round12 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 round8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles | second round6 x mixed doubles | first round
Saturday 24 January
8 x men’s singles and 8 x women’s singles | third round8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles | second round6 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 round4 x men’s doubles and 4 x women’s doubles | third round4 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 round4 x men’s doubles and 4 x women’s doubles | third round4 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-finals2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Quarter-finals 4 x mixed doubles | Quarter-finals8 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-finals2 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-finals2 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-finalsMixed 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 🏆