In the early hours of this Tuesday the first matches of the round of 16 of the Australian Open will be played. On this ninth day of competition at Melbourne Park, we will have the Spanish Rafa Nadal against the Canadian Shapovalov as the main course, and other outstanding tennis players such as Berrettini or Barty, number one in the world. This is the order of play for the day:
Rod Laver Arena
Not before 02:30
Barbora Krejcikova (CZE, 4) vs Madison Keys (EE UU)
Not before 04:30
Rafael Nadal (ESP, 6) vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN, 14)
From 09:00
Ashleigh Barty (AUS, 1) vs Jessica Pegula (EE UU, 21)
Next
Gael Monfils (FRA, 17) vs Matteo Berrettini (ITA, 7)