Australian Open 2024 order of play: Tomorrow’s matches, full schedule and find out how to watch on TV

Aryna Sabalenka overpowered Barbora Krejcikova 6-2, 6-3 in a brutally swift quarter-final on Tuesday to maintain her Australian Open title defence firmly on track and arrange a showdown with US Open champion Coco Gauff.

After the primary two quarter-finals on Rod Laver Arena had run for a mixed seven hours, Sabalenka got here out firing as if to make sure that the courtroom schedule could be again on monitor earlier than the ultimate conflict of the day.

The Belarusian blew the previous French Open champion off the courtroom at instances and prolonged her profitable streak at Melbourne Park to 12 matches as she reached the final 4 having conceded solely 16 video games.

What is Wednesday’s order of play?

(All instances GMT)

Rod Laver Arena
From 12am: Linda Noskova (Cze) v Dayana Yastremska (Ukr), (9) Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) v (3) Daniil Medvedev (Rus), Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) v (12) Qinwen Zheng (Chn), (6) Alexander Zverev (Ger) v (2) Carlos Alcaraz (Spa).

Margaret Court Arena
From 1am: Yannick Hanfmann (Ger) & Dominik Koepfer (Ger) v (7) Hugo Nys (Mon) & Jan Zielinski (Pol), (5) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Laura Siegemund (Ger) v (3) Storm Hunter (Aus) & Katerina Siniakova (Cze), Olivia Gadecki (Aus) & Marc Polmans (Aus) v (2) Desirae Krawczyk (US) & Neal Skupski (GB).

Court 3
From 12am: (6) Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Andres Molteni (Arg) v (2) Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Matthew Ebden (Aus), (9) Demi Schuurs (Ned) & Luisa Stefani (Bra) v (2) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) & Elise Mertens (Bel), Simone Bolelli (Ita) & Andrea Vavassori (Ita) v (8) Kevin Krawietz (Ger) & Tim Puetz (Ger), Jaimee Fourlis (Aus) & Andrew Harris (Aus) v (3) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) & Jan Zielinski (Pol)

When do the Australian Open finals happen? 

The ladies’s closing is on Saturday, January 27. The males’s closing is on the next day: January 28.

How to look at the Australian Open on TV within the UK

In the UK, Eurosport has the broadcasting rights to reside motion from Melbourne and will likely be displaying 260 hours of tennis. To watch on Discovery+, an Entertainment & Sport go is £6.99/month or £59.99/12 months.

This 12 months, Nick Kyrgios is a part of Eurosport’s English-language commentary staff, and is among the highlights of a digital camera stream direct from the commentary sales space. Kyrgios has been joined in Australia by presenters John McEnroe, Barbara Schett and Laura Robson, and from a London studio by new host Rachel Stringer. 

How to look at the Australian Open on TV within the US

ESPN has the broadcasting rights to point out the event.

Who are the defending champions?

Last 12 months, Novak Djokovic claimed the boys’s singles title for a record-extending tenth time after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Aryna Sabalenka claimed her first grand slam singles title within the ladies’s draw when she defeated Elena Rybakina in three units.

Latest odds

To win the boys’s title

• Novak Djokovic Evens
• Carlos Alcaraz  5/2
• Jannik Sinner 9/2
• Daniil Medvedev 10/1
• Alexander Zverev 50/1
• Andrey Rublev 50/1
• Hubert Hurkacz 80/1

To win the ladies’s title

• Aryna Sabalenka 5/6
• Coco Gauff 23/10
• Qinwen Zheng 15/2
• Linda Noskova 12/1
• Dayana Yastremska 30/1
• Anna Kalinskaya 33/1

Which British gamers are concerned?

In the boys’s draw, Andy Murray and Dan Evans misplaced within the opening spherical whereas Jack Draper was knocked out the second spherical. Cameron Norrie was the final man standing, earlier than shedding to Alexander Zverev in a fifth-set tie-break within the fourth spherical.

Among the ladies, Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter made it via to spherical two however failed to succeed in the third spherical. Jodie Burrage was knocked out within the first spherical.

When did the Australian Open begin? 

The event bought beneath method on Sunday, January 14. It was the primary Sunday begin within the event’s historical past.

What is the Australian Open prize cash?

This 12 months’s Australian Open whole prize cash is a document 13 per cent improve on 2023 – £46.3 million will likely be shared by the sector with the winners every taking house £1.68 million.

“We’ve upped prize money for every round at the Australian Open with the major increases in qualifying and the early rounds of singles and doubles,” Tiley mentioned. “We want to ensure Australia remains the launchpad for the global tennis season and the players and their teams have everything they need to help them perform at their best and continue to enjoy the happy slam.”