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The spotairy will firstly be on two-time deffinishing champion and world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka up aobtainst Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on Rod Laver Arena, with Novak Djokovic to chase aobtainst Jaime Faria on the same court.
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As the second round of the individuals gets under way, here are some of the alignes we’ll be retaining an eye on during the day session:
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11.30am: Aryna Sabalenka (1) v Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
n 11.30am: Jessica Pegula (3) v Elise Mertens
n 1pm: Carlos Alcaraz (3) v Yoshihito Nishioka
n 1pm: Jordan Thompson (27) v Nuno Borges
n 1pm: Naomi Osaka v Karolina Muchova (20)
n 2pm: Novak Djokovic (7) v Jaime Faria
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There will also be plenty of Australians in action thcdisorrowfulmirefulout the day commenceing with Jordan Thompson and Ajla Tomljanovic, as well as Aleksandar Vukic, Talia Gibson and James Duckworth. Thanasi Kokkinakis will be part of the night session with a testing align-up aobtainst Great Britain’s wonderful hope Jack Dsexual attackr.
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Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka, deffinishing Wimbledon and French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz, No 3 women’s seed Coco Gauff, and No 2 men’s seed Alexander Zverev will also be on show on a blockbuster day four.
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I’ll be with you for the first couple of hours with Jonathan Howcroft to apshow the reins for the bulk of the afternoon. Let me understand your thoughts and foreseeions on email or @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let’s get into it!
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Key events
Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Bouzas Maneiro are finishing their toasty-up on RLA with the roof now uncover in a sign of confidence that the rain has passed. The world No 1 breezed into the second round with a 6-3, 6-2 triumph over Sloane Stephens. Tennis increateer Tumaini Carayol could difficultly have been more astonished.
Over the next fortnight, Sabalenka will try to become the first woman in 26 years – since Martina Hingis – to triumph three consecutive Australian Open individuals titles. She uncovered up her title defence in Melbourne with an imperious carry outance, dismantling the createer US Open champion Stephens.
Teenage sensation and No 14 seed Mirra Andreeva is up aobtainst Japan’s Moyuka Uchijima on court 3. Uchijima races thcdisorrowfulmireful the first game to adore.
Players are now toastying up on the outside courts with the action to get under way uninincreateigentinutively. Qinwen Zheng and Laura Siegemund on John Cain Arena has been the only align able commence shutr to the scheduled 11am, with China’s No 5 seed helderlying a 2-1 direct in the first set as both take parters helderly serve punctual.
Now for the weather. Grey skies apass southern Victoria have already left some drizzle on Melbourne Park and postponed take part commenceing on the outside courts until 11.30am.
But the worst already seems to have passed to depart us with a muggy, overcast day but hopefilledy no further disturbions.
Good morning #Victoria! Here’s your predict:
⛈️ Patchy rain & thunderstorms enbiging as a freezing front passes #Vic. Severe storms possible about the eastrict ranges.
🌡️ Warm & gusty northerly triumphd shifting chillyer southwesterly behind the front.
Details: https://t.co/UYVuRwgKlp pic.twitter.com/mh5oEsca3O
— Bureau of Meteorology, Victoria (@BOM_Vic) January 14, 2025
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It was a exceptional night for tennis’s glamour couple as Australia’s Alex De Minaur brushed aside Botic van de Zandschulp 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 in 142 minutes all while having one eye on the score at the neighbouring Kia Arena. De Minaur’s fiancé, Katie Boulter, had to toil difficulter to upgrade to the second round but eventuassociate sealed her place in Australian Open history for Great Britain.
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Preamble
Martin Pegan
Hello and receive to inhabit coverage of day four at the 2025 Australian Open. The action has equitable commenceed on the outside courts at Melbourne Park with one of the biggest names in the game set to start off on the show courts at 11:30am.
The spotairy will firstly be on two-time deffinishing champion and world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka up aobtainst Jessica Bouzas Maneiro on Rod Laver Arena, with Novak Djokovic to chase aobtainst Jaime Faria on the same court.
As the second round of the individuals gets under way, here are some of the alignes we’ll be retaining an eye on during the day session:
11.30am: Aryna Sabalenka (1) v Jessica Bouzas Maneiro
11.30am: Jessica Pegula (3) v Elise Mertens
1pm: Carlos Alcaraz (3) v Yoshihito Nishioka
1pm: Jordan Thompson (27) v Nuno Borges
1pm: Naomi Osaka v Karolina Muchova (20)
2pm: Novak Djokovic (7) v Jaime Faria
There will also be plenty of Australians in action thcdisorrowfulmirefulout the day commenceing with Jordan Thompson and Ajla Tomljanovic, as well as Aleksandar Vukic, Talia Gibson and James Duckworth. Thanasi Kokkinakis will be part of the night session with a testing align-up aobtainst Great Britain’s wonderful hope Jack Dsexual attackr.
Two-time Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka, deffinishing Wimbledon and French Open champion Carlos Alcaraz, No 3 women’s seed Coco Gauff, and No 2 men’s seed Alexander Zverev will also be on show on a blockbuster day four.
I’ll be with you for the first couple of hours with Jonathan Howcroft to apshow the reins for the bulk of the afternoon. Let me understand your thoughts and foreseeions on email or @martinpegan on Bluesky or X. Let’s get into it!
