Australian Open schedule and UK start times today: Order of play for Thursday January 23
The order of play for Wednesday January 23 has been announced as Rafael Nadal continues his quest for a 20th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open 2020.
The fourth seed will face Federico Delbonis last on Rod Laver, with compatriot Garbine Muguruza opening Thursday's action against Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.
Brit Harriet Dart is back in action, facing fourth seed Simon Halep, while Heather Watson will beat her best-ever run in Melbourne if she overcomes Belgium's Elise Mertens on Court 22.
Here’s the Australian Open schedule for Thursday 23rd January (with UK start times)
Midnight: 11:00: Garbine Muguruza (Spa) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus), Laura Siegemund (Ger) v (2) Karolina Pliskova (Cze), Egor Gerasimov (Blr) v (7) Alexander Zverev (Ger)
Nor before 8am: Harriet Dart (Gbr) v (4) Simona Halep (Rom), (1) Rafael Nadal (Spa) v Federico Delbonis (Arg)
Margaret Court Arena
Midnight: (6) Belinda Bencic (Swi) v Jelena Ostapenko (Lat), (4) Daniil Medvedev (Rus) v Pedro Martinez Portero (Spa), Priscilla Hon (Aus) v (17) Angelique Kerber (Ger)
Not before 8am: Andreas Seppi (Ita) v (15) Stan Wawrinka (Swi), (5) Elina Svitolina (Ukr) v Lauren Davis (USA)
1573 Arena
Midnight: Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) v (20) Karolina Muchova (Cze), (10) Gael Monfils (Fra) v Ivo Karlovic (Cro), (29) Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) v Kevin Anderson (Rsa), Dalila Jakupovic (Slo) & Raluca Olaru (Rom) v (2) Timea Babos (Hun) & Kristina Mladenovic (Fra)
Melbourne Arena
Midnight: 11:00: (19) Donna Vekic (Cro) v Alize Cornet (Fra), Jessica Moore (Aus) & Astra Sharma (Aus) v Ashleigh Barty (Aus) & Julia Goerges (Ger), Alex Bolt (Aus) v (5) Dominic Thiem (Aut)
Not before 7.45am: (23) Nick Kyrgios (Aus) v Gilles Simon (Fra)
Court 3
Midnight: Zarina Diyas (Kaz) v Anna Blinkova (Rus), Lleyton Hewitt (Aus) & Jordan Thompson (Aus) v Hyun-Woo Nam (Kor) & Min-Kyu Song (Kor), Jaume Munar (Spa) v Alexei Popyrin (Aus), Mikael Ymer (Swe) v (16) Karen Khachanov (Rus)
Court 5
Midnight: Sander Arends (Ned) & Ricardas Berankis (Lit) v (12) Gerald Melzer (Aut) & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra), Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) v Tennys Sandgren (USA) & Jack Withrow (USA), James Duckworth (Aus) & Marc Polmans (Aus) v Andrew Harris (Aus) & Christopher O'Connell (Aus), Ya-Hsuan Lee (Tpe) & Fang-Hsien Wu (Tpe) v (16) Sofia Kenin (USA) & Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA)
Court 7
Midnight: (10) Ante Pavic (Cro) & Bruno Soares (Bra) v Luke Bambridge (Gbr) & Ben McLachlan (Jpn), Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) v (28) Anett Kontaveit (Est), (12) Ellen Perez (Aus) & Samantha Stosur (Aus) v Lara Arruabarrena (Spa) & Ons Jabeur (Tun), Peter Gojowczyk (Ger) v (27) Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa)
Court 8
Midnight: Steve Johnson (USA) & Sam Querrey (USA) v Cheng-Peng Hsieh (Tpe) & Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe), Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) v (9) Kiki Bertens (Ned), (11) David Goffin (Bel) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Fra), Georgina Garcia Perez (Spa) & Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) v Monique Adamczak (Aus) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)
Court 10
Midnight: Greet Minnen (Bel) & Alison Van Uytvanck (Bel) v (10) Shuko Aoyama (Jpn) & Ena Shibahara (Jpn), (9) Ying-Ying Duan (Chn) & Saisai Zheng (Chn) v Hayley Carter (USA) & Luisa Stefani (Bra), Nikola Cacic (Ser) & Dusan Lajovic (Ser) v (15) Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Fabrice Martin (Fra), (1) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) v Marie Bouzkova (Cze) & Tamara Zidansek (Slo)
Court 11
Midnight: (11) Rajeev Ram (USA) & Joe Salisbury (Gbr) v Marton Fucsovics (Hun) & Cameron Norrie (Gbr), (13) Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) & Alison Riske (USA) v Shuai Peng (Chn) & Shuai Zhang (Chn), Karolina Muchova (Cze) & Jil Belen Teichmann (Swi) v Cori Gauff (USA) & Catherine McNally (USA), Catherine Cartan Bellis (USA) & Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) v (3) Elise Mertens (Bel) & Aryna Sabalenka (Blr)
Court 12
Midnight: Jeremy Chardy (Fra) & Robert Lindstedt (Swe) v Pablo Cuevas (Uru) & Guido Pella (Arg), (30) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) v Taylor Townsend (USA), Guillermo Duran (Arg) & Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) v (2) Lukasz Kubot (Pol) & Marcelo Melo (Bra), Kirsten Flipkens (Bel) & Taylor Townsend (USA) v Tatjana Maria (Ger) & Anastasija Sevastova (Lat), Darija Jurak (Cro) & Nina Stojanovic (Ser) v Kateryna Bondarenko (Ukr) & Aleksandra Krunic (Ser)
Court 13
Midnight: Xinyun Han (Chn) & Lin Zhu (Chn) v Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) & Sania Mirza (Ind), (26) Nikoloz Basilashvili (Geo) v Fernando Verdasco (Spa), Soon Woo Kwon (Kor) & John Millman (Aus) v Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Kenneth Skupski (Gbr), Anna Blinkova (Rus) & Yafan Wang (Chn) v Anett Kontaveit (Est) & Mandy Minella (Lux)
Court 14
Midnight: Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) & Irina Bara (Rom) v Kaitlyn Christian (USA) & Alexa Guarachi (Chi), Iga Swiatek (Pol) v Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa), Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) & Vasek Pospisil (Can) v (14) Jamie Murray (Gbr) & Kenneth Skupski (Gbr), (4) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Katerina Siniakova (Cze) v Anna-Lena Friedsam (Ger) & Laura Siegemund (Ger)
Court 15
Midnight: Gregoire Barrere (Fra) & Adrian Mannarino (Fra) v Ugo Humbert (Fra) & Frances Tiafoe (USA), Nao Hibino (Jpn) & Makoto Ninomiya (Jpn) v (11) Lucie Hradecka (Cze) & Andreja Klepac (Slo), Alize Cornet (Fra) & Fiona Ferro (Fra) v Zarina Diyas (Kaz) & Elena Rybakina (Kaz), (26) Danielle Collins (USA) v Yulia Putintseva (Kaz)
Court 19
Midnight: Aljaz Bedene (Slo) v Ernests Gulbis (Lat), Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) v (17) Andrey Rublev (Rus), Svetlana Kuznetsova (Rus) v Camila Giorgi (Ita), (8) Kveta Peschke (Cze) & Demi Schuurs (Ned) v Fanny Stollar (Hun) & Dayana Yastremska (Ukr)
Court 22
Midnight: Desirae Krawczyk (USA) & Jessica Pegula (USA) v Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) & Kristyna Pliskova (Cze), (16) Elise Mertens (Bel) v Heather Watson (Gbr), Maria Sakkari (Gre) & Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) v (6) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat), (19) John Isner (USA) v Alejandro Tabilo (Chi)
