The Australian Open kicks off 2022’s Grand Slam tennis calendar as consideration turns to issues on the court docket following the uncertainty surrounding Novak Djokovic.
Djokovic, the reigning males’s singles champion, is not going to be defending his title in Melbourne after being deported from the nation someday earlier than the beginning of the match.
It leaves US Open champion Daniil Medvedev as the highest seed within the males’s draw, with Alexander Zverev, Matteo Berrettini, Stefanos Tsitsipas and a returning Rafael Nadal additionally among the many contenders.
Within the ladies’s draw, prime seed and residential favorite Ash Barty will fancy her probabilities of including an Australian Open to French and Wimbledon titles, however Emma Raducanu’s outstanding US Open triumph in September reveals simply how unpredictable the game might be.
Right here is all the things it’s good to know.
When does the Australian Open begin?
The Australian Open begins on Monday 17 January and ends on Sunday 30 January.
What time is it on within the UK?
The primary periods will start at round midnight within the UK, with night periods beginning at round 8am GMT.
Methods to watch within the UK on TV and on-line
The Australian Open can be broadcast reside within the UK on Eurosport 1 (Sky channel 410, BT 435, Virgin 521) and Eurosport 2 (Sky 411, BT 436, Virgin 522). Subscribers can stream Eurosport’s protection on-line through the web site and Eurosport app, in addition to the Sky Go app for Sky prospects subscribed to the Eurosport channels.
Provisional schedule (UK occasions)
- Monday 17 January: First spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Tuesday 18 January: First spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Wednesday 19 January: Second spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Thursday 20 January: Second spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Friday 21 January: Third spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Saturday 22 January: Third spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Sunday 23 January: Fourth spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Monday 24 January: Fourth spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Tuesday 25 January: Quarter-finals males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Wednesday 26 January: Quarter-finals males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; night time session begins at 8am
- Thursday 27 January: Each ladies’s singles semi-finals, consecutively, from 8.30am
- Friday 28 January: First males’s singles semi-final at 1am, second males’s singles semi-final at 8.30am
- Saturday 29 January: Ladies’s singles last at 8.30am adopted by combined doubles last
- Sunday 30 January: Males’s doubles last at 4am, males’s singles last at 8.30am
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