Unusual day at the Australian Open: Alcaraz, ousted from the middle by Djokovic and Sinner

He Australian Open designed a ‘Super Monday’ with an amazing match program, although unusual because of the opportunities it brings, which directly affects the debut of Carlos Alcaraz in his fourth participation in the first Grand Slam tournament of the season .

According to the draw, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic They will face each other on the day of the competition as they are on the same side of the draw, calling them directly to face each other in the quarterfinals if they clear the previous hurdles.

This is not the case of Jannik Sinnerthat however the organization went ahead with its first match. He also put it on Monday, when he could wait until Tuesday.

Not only do they share a playing order, but they will also have a simultaneous court presence, schedule, Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz. It was as if Barça and Real Madrid played their respective games at the same time. It’s a little weird and uncomfortable for fans and television.

At 7 pm local time, 9 am central European time, Spanish peninsular time, Djokovic debuts against the 19-year-old American hope Nishesh Basavareddy. The Serbian, a ten-time winner of the event, with a total of 24 Grand Slams under his belt, will take center stage.

Carlos Alcaraz was left in the Rod Laver Arena, who will debut in parallel on the court of the Margaret Court Arena against the Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko.

The current champion and world No. 1, Jannik Sinner, is about to join the tournament, and at 4 in the morning (two in the afternoon in Melbourne) he has an appointment with the Chilean. Nicholas Jarry. In the middle, like Djokovic and not Alcaraz.

For more opportunities, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will play together Nick Kyrgiosat his favorite stadium, John Cain Arena, the third in the complex and also has a retractable roof.

The event will be televised on channels Eurosport. MAX broadcast all matches of the tournament in streaming. You also have the option to follow it through information and direct contacts of Mundo Deportivo website.

Rod Laver Arena

01:30 time

Coco Gauff (USA/3)-Sofia Kenin (USA)
(not before 04:00 hours)
​Jannik Sinner (ITA/1)-Nicolás Jarry (CHI)
(not before 9:00 am)
​Novak Djokovic (SRB/7)-Nishesh Basavareddy (USA/WC)
​Naomi Osaka (JAP)-Caroline Garcia (FRA)

2

Margaret Court Arena

01:30 time

Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS/WC)-Ashlyn Krueger (USA)
​Jordan Thompson (AUS/27)-Dominik Kopefer (ALE/Q)
(not before 9:00 am)
​Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ)-Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/3)
Daria Snigur (UCR)-Danielle Collins (USA/10)

3

John Cain Arena

01:00 hours

Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE/11)-Alex Michelsen (USA)
(not before 03:30 hours)
​Katerina Siniakova (CHE)-Iga Swiatek (POL/2)
(not before 07:00 hours)
​Maya Joint (AUS/WC)-Jessica Pegula (ITA/7)
(not before 9:00 am)
​Jacob Fearnley (GBR)-Nick Kyrgios (AUS)

4

Track 5

01:00 hours

Alejandro Tabilo (CHI/23)-Roberto Carballés (ESP)

5

Track 6

01:00 hours

Moyuka Uchijima (JAP)-Magda Linette (POL)
​James McCabe (AUS/WC)-Martín Landaluce (ESP/Q)
​Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS/27)-Yue Yuan (CHN)
(not before 06:30 hours)
​Juncheng Shang (CHN)-Alejandro Davidovich (ESP)