MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Order of play on the main showcourts on the first day of the Australian Open on Monday (play begins at 0000 GMT, prefix number denotes seeding):
Tennis – Australian Open – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia – January 13, 2019-Germany’s Angelique Kerber practices. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
ROD LAVER ARENA
30-Maria Sharapova (Russia) v Harriet Dart (Britain)
James Duckworth (Australia) v 2-Rafa Nadal (Spain)
Polona Hercog (Slovenia) v 2-Angelique Kerber (Germany)
Not before 0800 GMT
Alison Van Uytvanck (Belgium) v 3-Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)
Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) v 3-Roger Federer (Switzerland)
MARGARET COURT ARENA
14-Julia Goerges (Germany) v Danielle Collins (U.S.)
5-Sloane Stephens (U.S.) v Taylor Townsend (U.S.)
Not before 0400 GMT
27-Alex de Minaur (Australia) v Pedro Sousa (Portugal)
Not before 0800 GMT
15-Ashleigh Barty (Australia) v Luksika Kumkhum (Thailand)
6-Marin Cilic (Croatia) v Bernard Tomic (Australia)
MELBOURNE ARENA
5-Kevin Anderson (South Africa) v Adrian Mannarino (France)
Maria Sakkari (Greece) v 22-Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia)
13-Kyle Edmund (Britain) v Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic)
Not before 0700 GMT
22-Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) v Andy Murray (Britain)
Not before 0800 GMT
8-Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) v Magdalena Rybarikova (Slovakia)
Reporting by Simon Jennings in Bengaluru; editing by Amlan Chakraborty