Monday’s match programme: in Alcaraz’s absence, Australia’s new hero is at stake

The second day of the Australian Open 2024 will arrive this Monday, the 15th, as soon as the new experience of adding another day to the program is completed, starting on Sunday with the fireworks of having two current champions on court, the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka.

The premieres of the heavyweights Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek They will wait a few more hours. The return of the Spaniard, 20 years old and number 2, injured in the previous edition, and the debut of the Polish world number one is on Tuesday.

If they are not on court, Tennis Australia (TA), the country’s federation that owns the event, chooses a new local hero in the evening session. Thrown away Nick Kyrgioswho is still absent due to a knee injury and will take over the Eurosport microphones during the tournament, attention is focused on Alex de Minaur.

His recent achievements Novak Djokovic in the United Cup, and Carlos Alcarazin a previous exhibition match at the Rod Laver Arena, the center of the tournament, emphasized the hopes of the ‘Aussie’ fan, who once again trusts in the new member of the world top-10, at the age of 24. Opens against a famous one, the Canadian ‘gunboat’ Milos Raonic.

Mom is going to close Naomi Osaka, a champion back after starting motherhood. The conflict between Matteo Berrettini and Stefanos Tsitsipas It also has its merits, such as the presence in the court of Daniel Medvedevanother candidate for the crown.

Coming back too Paula Badosa, absent in 2023 due to injury. His second fight in seven months, against the American Taylor Townsend.

The tournament will be televised and streamed Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2, as well as on platforms that have an agreement with these channels, such as Movistar Plus+ or DAZN. You can also follow it through live streams and news of Mundo Deportivo website.

Rod Laver Arena

02:00 hours

Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK)-Coco Gauff (USA/4)
​Matteo Berrettini (ITA)-Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/7)
(09:00 hours)
​Alex de Minaur (ESP/10)-Milos Raonic (CAN)
​Caroline Garcia (FRA/16)-Naomi Osaka (JAP)

2

Margaret Court Arena

02:00 hours

Terence Atmane (FRA/Q)-Daniil Medvedev (RUS/3)
​Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)-Donna Vekic (CRO/21)
(09:00 hours)
Ons Jabeur (TUN/6)-​Yuliia Starodubtseva (UCR/Q)
​Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN/27)-Dominic Thiem (AUT)

3

1573 Sand

01:00 hours

Elina Svitolina (UCR/19)-Taylah Preston (AUS/WC)
TheRoberto Bautista (ESP)-Ben Shelton (USA/16)
​Daniel Altmaier (ALE)-Karen Khachanov (RUS/15)
Anhelina Kalinina (UCR/24)-Arantxa Rus (NED)

4

Track 6

01:00 hours

Kayla Day (USA)-Viktoriya Tomova (BUL)
​James Duckworth (AUS/WC)-Luca Van Assche (FRA)
​Yannick Hanfmann (ALE)-Gael Monfils (FRA)
​Taylor Townsend (USA)-Paula Badosa (ESP)

5

Track 8

01:00 hours

Nadia Podoroska (ARG)-Tamara Zidansek (SLO)
​Constant Lestienne (FRA)-Alejandro Davidovich (ESP/23)
​Mayar Sheriff (EGI)-Elise Mertens (BEL/25)
​Ugo Humbert (FRA/21)-David Goffin (BEL/Q)

6

Track 12

01:00 hours

Roberto Carballés (ESP)-Hugo Gaston (FRA/LL)

7

Track 17

01:00 hours

Sebastian Korda (USA/29)-Vit Kopriva (Che/Q)
​Rebeka Masarova (ESP)-Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR)