{"id":389941,"date":"2026-01-25T16:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389941\/"},"modified":"2026-01-25T16:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-25T16:18:08","slug":"australian-open-latest-schedule-of-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/389941\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open latest schedule of play"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Australian Open<\/a> fourth round comes to a close with defending champions Madison Keys and Jannik Sinner headlining a packed day nine.<\/p>\n

Ninth seed Keys takes on compatriot and sixth seed Jessica Pegula, opening proceedings in the day session on Rod Laver Arena.<\/p>\n

Second seed Sinner, who is aiming to seal a consecutive hat-trick of titles in Melbourne, has been granted a reprieve by the tournament organisers as he plays later in the day session on Margaret Court Arena, two days after wilting in 40 degree heat against Eliot Spizzirri.<\/a><\/p>\n

He\u2019ll face compatriot Luciano Darderi, while another Italian, Lorenzo Musetti takes on American Taylor Fritz earlier on Rod Laver Arena. Novak Djokovic awaits the winner; the veteran is through with a walkover after Jakub Mensik\u2019s injury-enforced withdrawal.<\/a><\/p>\n

The night session on the show court will see second seed Iga Swiatek – bidding for a maiden Australian Open title to complete the grand slam set – face home hope and qualifier Maddison Inglis before Ben Shelton plays Casper Ruud. <\/p>\n

Elsewhere former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina plays Belgium\u2019s Elise Mertens, and another favourite for the crown, Amanda Anisimova, plays China\u2019s Xinyu Wang.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the full order of play from day nine in Melbourne:<\/p>\n

Australian Open order of play<\/p>\n

Day Nine – Monday 26 January <\/p>\n

Rod Laver Arena<\/p>\n

12:30 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Jessica Pegula (USA) [6] vs Madison Keys (USA) [9]Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) [5] vs Taylor Fritz (USA) [9]<\/p>\n

8:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Maddison Inglis (AUS) vs Iga Swiatek (POL) [2]Ben Shelton (USA) [8] vs Casper Ruud (NOR) [12]<\/p>\n

Margaret Court Arena<\/p>\n

12:30 AM GMT<\/p>\n

James McCabe (AUS) \/ Li Tu (AUS) [WC] vs Jason Kubler (AUS) \/ Marc Polmans (AUS) [WC]Hanyu Guo (CHN) \/ Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) [16] vs Kimberly Birrell (AUS) \/ Talia Gibson (AUS) [WC]<\/p>\n

5:00 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Elena Rybakina (KAZ) [5] vs Elise Mertens (BEL) [21]Luciano Darderi (ITA) [22] vs Jannik Sinner (ITA) [2]<\/p>\n

John Cain Arena<\/p>\n

12:30 AM GMT<\/p>\n

Asia Muhammad (USA) \/ Erin Routliffe (AUS) [6] vs Ena Shibahara (JPN) \/ Vera Zvonareva Xinyu Wang (CHN) vs Amanda Anisimova (USA) [4]Anna Danilina (KAZ) \/ JJ Tracy (USA) vs Leylah Fernandez (CAN) \/ Nick Kyrgios (AUS) [WC]Maya Joint \/ Matthew Romios (AUS) [WC] vs Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) \/ Mate Pavic (CRO) [5]<\/p>\n

Australian Open tournament schedule <\/p>\n

Monday 26 January <\/p>\n

4 x men\u2019s singles and 4 x women\u2019s singles | fourth round4 x men\u2019s doubles and 4 x women\u2019s doubles | third round4 x mixed doubles | second round 8 x boys\u2019 singles and 8 x girls\u2019 singles | second round <\/p>\n

Tuesday 27 January <\/p>\n

2 x men\u2019s singles and 2 x women\u2019s singles | Quarter-finals2 x men\u2019s doubles and 2 x women\u2019s doubles | Quarter-finals 4 x mixed doubles | Quarter-finals8 x men\u2019s and 8 x women\u2019s wheelchair singles | first round 8 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | second round<\/p>\n

Wednesday 28 January <\/p>\n

2 x men\u2019s singles and 2 x women\u2019s singles | Quarter-finals2 x men\u2019s doubles and 2 x women\u2019s doubles | Quarter-finals 2 x mixed doubles | Semi-finals 4 x men\u2019s and 4 x women\u2019s wheelchair singles | Quarter-finals 4 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | third round<\/p>\n

Thursday 29 January <\/p>\n

2 x women\u2019s singles | Semi-finals2 x men\u2019s doubles and 2 x women\u2019s doubles | Semi-finals 2 x men\u2019s and 2 x women\u2019s wheelchair singles | Semi-finals 4 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | third round<\/p>\n

Friday 30 January <\/p>\n

2 x men\u2019s singles | Semi-finalsMixed doubles final \ud83c\udfc6Men\u2019s wheelchair doubles final \ud83c\udfc6Women\u2019s wheelchair doubles final \ud83c\udfc64 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | quarter-finals <\/p>\n

Saturday 31 January <\/p>\n

Women\u2019s singles final \ud83c\udfc6Men\u2019s doubles final \ud83c\udfc6Women\u2019s doubles final \ud83c\udfc6Men\u2019s wheelchair singles final \ud83c\udfc6Women\u2019s wheelchair singles final \ud83c\udfc62 x boys\u2019 singles and 2 x girls\u2019 singles | semi-finals <\/p>\n

Sunday 1 February <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s singles final \ud83c\udfc6Boys\u2019 singles final \ud83c\udfc6Girls\u2019 singles final \ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[101,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-389941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=389941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=389941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=389941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=389941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}