Follow the Australian Open day live today, February 8
At last the first Grand Slam of the year begins. With almost a month of delay Melbourne Park returns to host the great one that starts all world tennis. For the opening day there will be big names at stake. Novak Djokovic will face Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in the second shift in the afternoon at the Rod Laver Arena (not before 10:30 in Spain). In addition, Dominic Thiem will also be in contention against the Kazakh Kurushikin or the German Alexander Zverev, who will meet the American Marco Giron. In the women's draw, Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams or Simona Halep also start their tournament.
Order of play of February 8
Track Rod Laver Arena
From 01:00
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) vs Naomi Osaka (Japan)
Then
Laura Siegemund (Germany) vs Serena Williams (United States)
Then
Dominic Thiem (Austria) vs Mikhail Kukushkin (Kazakhstan)
From 09:00
Lizette Cabrera (Australia) vs Simona Halep (Romania)
Then
Novak Djokovic vs Jeremy Chardy
Margaret Court Arena track
From 01:00
Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) vs Venus Williams (United States)
Then
Bernarda Pera (United States) vs Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Not before 04:30
Marcos Giron (United States) vs Alexander Zverev (Germany)
From 09:00
Greet Minnen (Belgium) vs Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
Then
Denis Shapovalov (Canada) vs Jannik Sinner (Italy)
Track John Cain Arena
From 02:00
Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) vs Pedro Sousa (Portugal)
Then
Misaki Doi (Japan) vs Ajla Tomljanovic (Australia)
Not before 06:00
Bianca Andreescu (Canada) vs Mihaela Buzarnescu (Romania)
Not before 09:00
Federico Ferreira (Portugal) vs Nick Kyrgios (Australia)
Track 1573 Arena
Not before 06:00
Kei Nishikori (Japan) vs Pablo Carreño (Spain)
Track 6
Not before 06:00 (02:00, in Argentina)
Elias Ymer (Sweden) vs Diego Schwartzmann (Argentina)
Track 15
At 01:00
Albert Ramos (Spain) vs Taylor Fritz (United States)
Track 17
Not before 02:30
Yoshihito Nishioka (Japan) vs Pedro Martinez (Spain)
Check all the matches played on the first day of the Australian Open.