The Australian Open will kick off 2022’s Grand Slam tennis calendar in January though uncertainty lingers across the match.
Novak Djokovic is the reigning males’s singles champion and can defend his title in Melbourne. All gamers and workers are required to be vaccinated towards Covid-19 for this yr’s match until they’re granted a legitimate exemption because the Serb has been.
Djokovic is aiming to win a males’s report twenty first Grand Slam, which might see him transfer away from rivals Rafael Nadal – who examined optimistic for Covid-19 earlier than Christmas – and Roger Federer, with all three presently on 20 main titles.
There are Covid issues on the ladies’s aspect after a number of stars examined optimistic for Covid in December, together with Emma Raducanu and Belinda Bencic. Naomi Osaka is anticipated to return to Melbourne to defend her crown after a difficult yr wherein she took an prolonged break to guard her psychological wellbeing.
Right here is every thing you have 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.
Easy methods to watch within the UK on TV and on-line
The Australian Open will probably be broadcast stay 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 instances)
- Monday 17 January: First spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening session begins at 8am
- Tuesday 18 January: First spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening session begins at 8am
- Wednesday 19 January: Second spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening session begins at 8am
- Thursday 20 January: Second spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening session begins at 8am
- Friday 21 January: Third spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening session begins at 8am
- Saturday 22 January: Third spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening session begins at 8am
- Sunday 23 January: Fourth spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening session begins at 8am
- Monday 24 January: Fourth spherical males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening session begins at 8am
- Tuesday 25 January: Quarter-finals males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening session begins at 8am
- Wednesday 26 January: Quarter-finals males’s and girls’s singles, play begins at midnight; evening 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: Girls’s singles closing at 8.30am adopted by combined doubles closing
- Sunday 30 January: Males’s doubles closing at 4am, males’s singles closing at 8.30am
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