The Australian Open continues at Melbourne Park on Saturday with Novak Djokovic and Iga Swiatek, the favourites, nonetheless on track to win the opening grand slam of the tennis season and Andy Murray offering the fireworks with two epic five-set wins.
Djokovic has been battling with a hamstring harm on his return to Melbourne Park following his dramatic deportation fom the nation 12 months in the past.
The Serbian is wanting so as to add a record-extending tenth title in Melbourne in addition to a record-equalling twenty second grand slam title general. While the 35-year-old secured victory over the battling Enzo Couacaud, it’s one other battle that considerations him most earlier than taking up Grigor Dimitrov, having illustrated the extent of his harm.
Casper Ruud and Ons Jabeur had been the newest high-profile seeds exiting the event and including to ‘The Netflix Curse’, with many of the star gamers that includes in Break Point struggling this week.
No 1 seed and favorite Iga Swiatek seems to proceed her march in direction of the ultimate on Friday, whereas Emma Raducanu’s conqueror Coco Gauff is again after displaying her class in an entertaining conflict between two of the sport’s youngest stars. Here’s every thing you have to know through the Australian Open:
How to look at the Australian Open 2023
You can watch the Australian Open dwell on Eurosport within the UK. The motion shall be broadcast on Eurosport’s TV channels, or followers can tune into Discovery+ to stream the event, the place an Entertainment & Sport move is obtainable for both £6.99/month or £59.99/12 months.
Sky has additionally introduced that beginning at present, Discovery+ shall be out there at no additional price for Sky clients, together with for Sky Glass and Sky Stream clients.
If you’re not already a Sky buyer, you may get a Sky Stream field, which comes with Sky TV and a Netflix primary plan. The system is presently discounted in Sky’s winter sale (was £26 per thirty days, now £24 per thirty days, Sky.com). This is Sky’s new system, and doesn’t require a satellite tv for pc dish because it streams Sky straight over wifi.
Meanwhile, ESPN has the rights within the US.
Australian Open 2023 event schedule
Saturday 21 January: Men’s singles, girls’s singles – third spherical
Sunday 22 January: Men’s singles, girls’s singles – fourth spherical
Monday 23 January: Men’s singles, girls’s singles – fourth spherical
Tuesday 24 January: Men’s singles, girls’s singles – quarter-finals
Wednesday 25 January: Men’s singles, girls’s singles – quarter-finals
Thursday 26 January: Women’s singles – semi-finals
Friday 27 January: Men’s singles – semi-finals
Saturday 28 January: Women’s singles ultimate
Sunday 29 January: Men’s singles ultimate
Order of play – Saturday twenty first January
Rod Laver Arena
From 00:00 GMT
Varvara Gracheva vs Karolina Pliskova
Camila Giorgi vs Belinda Bencic
Benjamin Bonzi vs Alex de Minaur
From 08:00 GMT
Grigor Dimitrov vs Novak Djokovic
Magda Linette vs Ekaterina Alexandrova
Margaret Court Arena
From 00:00 GMT
Nuria Parrizas Diaz vs Donna Vekic
Andrey Rublev vs Dan Evans
Aryna Sabalenka vs Elise Mertens
From 08:00 GMT
Andy Murray vs Roberto Bautista Agut
John Cain Arena
From 02:00 GMT
Ugo Humbert vs Holger Rune
From 08:00 GMT
Alexei Popyrin vs Ben Shelton
KIA Arena
From 03:30 GMT
JJ Wolf vs Michael Mmoh
From 08:00 GMT
Caroline Garcia vs Laura Siegemund
