The Australian Open gets underway on Monday, with some fascinating ties to kick off the event at Melbourne Park.
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal starts his competitive season on Rod Laver Arena against Victor Estrella Burgos, with French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko, Venus Williams and Grigor Dimitrov also taking to the main show court.
On Margaret Court, US Open champion Sloane Stephens and world No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki will compete, while NIck Kyrgios and Marin Cilic head up the action on Hisense.
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Elsewhere, British hopeful Kyle Edmund kick starts the day against Kevin Anderson on Court 3, Denis Shapovalov takes on fellow young talent Stefanos Tsitsipas on Court 2 and David Ferrer tackles Andrey Rublev on Court 14.
Here’s the full schedule for the first day of action…
Australian Open Day 1 schedule
Rod Laver (from midnight UK time)
Ostapenko v Schiavone
Williams v Bencic
Dimitrov v qualifier
Nadal v Burgos
Gavrilova v qualifier
Margaret Court
Stephens v Zhang
Ebden v Isner
Stosur v Puig
Buzarnescu v Wozniacki
Qualifier v Tsonga
Hisense
Kenin v Goerges
Babos v Vandeweghe
Lu v Cilic
Kyrgios v Dutra Silva
Court 2
Townsend v Rybarikova
Cibulkova v Kanepi
Tsitsipas v Shapovalov
Sugita v Sock
Court 3
Anderson v Edmund
Fourlis v Rogowska
Millman v Coric
Qualifier v Svitolina
Court 5
Flipkens v Riske
Kohlschreiber v Nishioka
Melzer v Basilashvili
Fett v Eguchi
Court 7
Begu v Makarova
Troicki v Bolt
Peng v Qualifier
Qualifier v Pouille
Court 8
Carreno Busta v Kubler
Pavlyuchenkova v Kozlova
Baghdatis v Qualifier
Court 10
Duan v Duque-Marino
Delbonis v Muller
Qualifier v Parmentier
Qualifier v Qualifier
Court 12
Cuevas v Youzhny
Krunic v Kontaveit
Qualifier v Bondarenko
Jarry v Mayer
Court 13
Herbert v Istomin
Brady v Linette
Simon v Copil
Qualifier v Kasatkina
Court 14
Niculescu v Barthel
Ferrer v Rublev
Qualifier v Larsson
Qualifier v Jaziri
Court 15
Cornet v Wang
Bertens v Bellis
Lorenzi v Dzumhur
Qualifier v Sousa
Court 19
Dolgopolov v Haider-Maurer
Sakkari v Siniakova
Suarez Navarro v Qualifier
Qualifier v Qualifier
Court 20
Van Uytvanck v Martic
Seppi v Moutet
Karlovic v Djere
Qualifier v Mertens
Court 22
Sela v Harrison
Schwartzman v Lajovic
Gibbs v Qualifier
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