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The opening round of the Australian Open will continue on Monday as 10-time champion Novak Djokovic returns to Melbourne Park.

Djokovic, 38, may well be the third men of men’s tennis due to the dominance of Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, who have won the last eight grand slam titles between them, but the Serbian said he does not think it will be “now or never” to win an elusive and record-breaking 25th major.

He will begin his campaign on Rod Laver Arena against Spain’s Pedro Martinez, the world No 71, in the night session. Two-time Australian Open runner-up Daniil Medvedev and home favourite Alex de Minaur, the sixth seed, will also be in action.

Elsewhere, three of the top four women’s players in the world are on Monday’s order of play as Iga Swiatek, Coco Gauff and Amanda Anisimova begin their campaigns. They will be looking to stop world No 1 Aryna Sabalenka from winning a third title in four years in Melbourne.

There were straight-sets wins for top seeds Sabalenka and Alcaraz on Sunday, while Venus Williams made a record-breaking return to the Australian Open at the age of 45 but lost in a three-set thriller to Serbia’s Olga Danilovic.

Day Two – Monday 19 January

(all times UK – GMT)

Rod Laver Arena

00:30

[3] Coco Gauff (USA) vs. Kamilla Rakhimova (UZB) Mackenzie McDonald (USA) vs. [6] Alex de Minaur (AUS)

0800

Yue Yuan (CHN) vs. [2] Iga Świątek (POL) Pedro Martínez (ESP) vs. [4] Novak Djokovic (SRB)

Margaret Court Arena

00:30

[11] Daniil Medvedev vs. Jesper de Jong (NED) Simona Waltert (SUI) vs. [4] Amanda Anisimova (USA)

0800

Donna Vekić (CRO) vs. [8] Mirra Andreeva Mattia Bellucci (ITA) vs. [12] Casper Ruud (NOR)

John Cain Arena

00:00

Nuno Borges (POR) vs. [7] Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) [6] Jessica Pegula (USA) vs. Anastasia Zakharova

0600

Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) vs. Ajla Tomljanović (AUS) Alexei Popyrin (AUS) vs. Alexandre Müller (FRA)

KIA Arena

00:00

Storm Hunter (AUS) vs. Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) vs. [13] Andrey Rublev Laslo Djere (SRB) vs. Stan Wawrinka (SUI) Barbora Krejčíková (CZE) vs. [23] Diana Shnaider

1573 Arena

00:00

Magda Linette (POL) vs. [15] Emma Navarro (USA) Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (ARG) vs. Jordan Thompson (AUS) [17] Victoria Mboko (CAN) vs. Emerson Jones (AUS) [17] Jiří Lehečka (CZE) vs. Arthur Gea (FRA)

ANZ Arena

00:00

[27] Sofia Kenin (USA) vs. Peyton Stearns (USA) Priscilla Hon (AUS) vs. Marina Stakusic (CAN) Thiago Agustín Tirante (ARG) vs. Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) [21] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) vs. Bu Yunchaokete (CHN)

Court 5

00:00

Ann Li (USA) vs. Maria Camila Osorio Serrano (COL) [25] Learner Tien (USA) vs. Marcos Giron (USA) Zarina Diyas (KAZ) vs. [25] Paula Badosa (ESP) Martin Damm (USA) vs. [30] Valentin Vacherot (MON)

Court 6

00:00

Elias Ymer (SWE) vs. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) Alycia Parks (USA) vs. Alexandra Eala (PHI) [13] Linda Nosková (CZE) vs. Darja Semenistaja (LAT) Adrian Mannarino (FRA) vs. Rinky Hijikata (AUS)

Court 7

00:00

Mariano Navone (ARG) vs. Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) Dalma Gálfi (HUN) vs. [14] Clara Tauson (DEN) [27] Brandon Nakashima (USA) vs. Botic van de Zandschulp (NED) [21] Elise Mertens (BEL) vs. Lanlana Tararudee (THA)

Court 8

00:00

Anna Bondár (HUN) vs. Elizabeth Mandlik (USA) Juncheng Shang (CHN) vs. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Daniel Altmaier (GER) vs. Marin Čilić (CRO) Renata Zarazúa (MEX) vs. Marie Bouzková (CZE)

Court 12

00:00

Veronika Erjavec (SLO) vs. Magdalena Fręch (POL) Fábián Marozsán (HUN) vs. [24] Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) Kamil Majchrzak (POL) vs. Jacob Fearnley (GBR) Solana Sierra (ARG) vs. Moyuka Uchijima (JPN)

Court 13

00:00

Emiliana Arango (COL) vs. McCartney Kessler (USA) [19] Tommy Paul (USA) vs. Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) Filip Misolic (AUT) vs. [14] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) [29] Iva Jovic (USA) vs. Katie Volynets (USA)

Court 14

00:00

Petra Marčinko (CRO) vs. Tatjana Maria (GER) Nicolai Budkov Kjær (NOR) vs. Reilly Opelka (USA) [19] Karolína Muchová (CZE) vs. Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) Terence Atmane (FRA) vs. Francesco Maestrelli (ITA)

Court 15

00:00

Quentin Halys (FRA) vs. Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) Linda Klimovicova (POL) vs. Francesca Jones (GBR) Oksana Selekhmeteva vs. Ella Seidel (GER) Jaume Munar (ESP) vs. Dalibor Svrčina (CZE)

Day Three – Tuesday 20 January

Rod Laver Arena

00:30

Oleksandra Oliynykova (UKR) vs. [9] Madison Keys (USA) 2. [8] Ben Shelton (USA) vs. Ugo Humbert (FRA)

08:00

Hugo Gaston (FRA) vs. [2] Jannik Sinner (ITA) [16] Naomi Osaka (JPN) vs. Antonia Ružić (CRO)

Margaret Court Arena

00:30

[5] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) vs. Raphael Collignon (BEL) [5] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) vs. Kaja Juvan (SLO)

08:00

Katie Boulter (GBR) vs. [10] Belinda Bencic (SUI) Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) vs. [31] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)

John Cain Arena

00:00

Tereza Valentova (CZE) vs. [30] Maya Joint (AUS) [15] Karen Khachanov vs. Alex Michelsen (USA)

06:00

Valentin Royer (FRA) vs. [9] Taylor Fritz (USA) Maddison Inglis (AUS) vs. Kimberly Birrell (AUS)

KIA Arena

00:00

Shuai Zhang (CHN) vs. Taylah Preston (AUS) Karolina Plíšková (CZE) vs. Sloane Stephens (USA) Dane Sweeny (AUS) vs. Gaël Monfils (FRA) Grigor Dimitrov (BUL) vs. Tomáš Macháč (CZE)

1573 Arena

00:00

Cristian Garin (CHI) vs. [22] Luciano Darderi (ITA) [28] João Fonseca (BRA) vs. Eliot Spizzirri (USA) Rebecca Šramková (SVK) vs. [24] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) Laura Siegemund (GER) vs. [18] Liudmila Samsonova

ANZ Arena

00:00

[22] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) vs. Janice Tjen (INA) Christopher O’Connell (AUS) vs. Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) Hubert Hurkacz (POL) vs. Zizou Bergs (BEL) Daria Kasatkina (AUS) vs. Nikola Bartunkova (CZE)

Court 5

00:00

Ashlyn Krueger (USA) vs. Sara Bejlek (CZE) 2. Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard (FRA) vs. Sebastian Baez (ARG) 3. Rei Sakamoto (JPN) vs. Rafael Jodar (ESP) 4. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova / Clara Tauson (DEN) vs. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Katie Volynets (USA)

Court 6

00:00

Varvara Gracheva (FRA) vs. Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 2. [16] Jakub Menšík (CZE) vs. Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 3. James Duckworth (AUS) vs. Dino Prizmić (CRO) 4. Rinky Hijikata / Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) vs. Luke Johnson (GBR) / Jan Zieliński (POL)

Court 7

00:00

Maia Lumsden (GBR) / Qianhui Tang (CHN) vs. [2] Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) Xinyu Wang (CHN) vs. Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) Luca Nardi (ITA) vs. Yibing Wu (CHN) Vít Kopřiva (CZE) vs. Jan-Lennard Struff (GER)

Court 8

00:00

Jesika Malečková / Miriam Skoch (CZE) vs. Marta Kostyuk (UKR) / Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) Marcelo Demoliner (BRA) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) vs. Alexander Bublik / Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) Ekaterina Alexandrova / Venus Williams (USA) vs. Emiliana Arango (COL) / Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) Iryna Shymanovich / Solana Sierra (ARG) vs. Olga Danilovic (SRB) / Anastasia Potapova (AUT)

Court 12

00:00

Francisco Cerúndolo / Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (ARG) vs. [8] Hugo Nys (MON) / Édouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) [12] Tereza Mihalíková (SVK) / Olivia Nicholls (GBR) vs. Anna Bondár (HUN) / Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) [9] Francisco Cabral (POR) / Lucas Miedler (AUT) vs. Mattia Bellucci (ITA) / Fábián Marozsán (HUN) Alexandra Eala (PHI) / Ingrid Martins (BRA) vs. Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Magda Linette (POL)

Court 13

00:00

Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) vs. Carlos Taberner (ESP) Lulu Sun (NZL) vs. Linda Fruhvirtová (CZE) [31] Anna Kalinskaya vs. Sonay Kartal (GBR) Sorana Cîrstea (ROU) vs. Eva Lys (GER)

Court 14

00:00

Panna Udvardy (HUN) vs. Kateřina Siniaková (CZE) Ethan Quinn (USA) vs. [23] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ingrid Neel (EST) vs. Iva Jovic (USA) / Victoria Mboko (CAN) Pruchya Isaro (THA) / Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) vs. Pedro Martínez / Jaume Munar (ESP)

Court 15

00:00

Andrey Golubev / Aleksandr Nedovyesov (KAZ) vs. Tomas Martin Etcheverry / Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) Julia Grabher (AUT) vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto (ITA) Petr Nouza / Patrik Rikl (CZE) vs. Terence Atmane / Alexandre Müller (FRA) [5] Kevin Krawietz / Tim Pütz (GER) vs. Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) / Valentin Vacherot (MON)

Australian Open tournament schedule

Sunday 18 January

16 x men’s singles and 16 x women’s singles | first round

Monday 19 January

28 x men’s singles and 28 x women’s singles | first round

Tuesday 20 January

20 x men’s singles and 20 x women’s singles | first round8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles| first round

Wednesday 21 January

16 x men’s singles and 16 x women’s singles | second round12 x men’s doubles and12 x women’s doubles| first round

Thursday 22 January

16 x men’s singles and 16 x women’s singles | second round12 x men’s doubles and12 x women’s doubles| first round

Friday 23 January

8 x men’s singles and 8 x women’s singles | third round8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles | second round6 x mixed doubles | first round

Saturday 24 January

8 x men’s singles and 8 x women’s singles | third round8 x men’s doubles and 8 x women’s doubles | second round6 x mixed doubles | first round 16 x boys’ singles and 16 x girls’ singles | first round

Sunday 25 January

4 x men’s singles and 4 x women’s singles | fourth round4 x men’s doubles and 4 x women’s doubles | third round4 x mixed doubles | second round 16 x boys’ singles and 16 x girls’ singles | first round

Monday 26 January

4 x men’s singles and 4 x women’s singles | fourth round4 x men’s doubles and 4 x women’s doubles | third round4 x mixed doubles | second round 8 x boys’ singles and 8 x girls’ singles | second round

Tuesday 27 January

2 x men’s singles and 2 x women’s singles | Quarter-finals2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Quarter-finals 4 x mixed doubles | Quarter-finals8 x men’s and 8 x women’s wheelchair singles | first round 8 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | second round

Wednesday 28 January

2 x men’s singles and 2 x women’s singles | Quarter-finals2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Quarter-finals 2 x mixed doubles | Semi-finals 4 x men’s and 4 x women’s wheelchair singles | Quarter-finals 4 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | third round

Thursday 29 January

2 x women’s singles | Semi-finals2 x men’s doubles and 2 x women’s doubles | Semi-finals 2 x men’s and 2 x women’s wheelchair singles | Semi-finals 4 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | third round

Friday 30 January

2 x men’s singles | Semi-finalsMixed doubles final 🏆Men’s wheelchair doubles final 🏆Women’s wheelchair doubles final 🏆4 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | quarter-finals

Saturday 31 January

Women’s singles final 🏆Men’s doubles final 🏆Women’s doubles final 🏆Men’s wheelchair singles final 🏆Women’s wheelchair singles final 🏆2 x boys’ singles and 2 x girls’ singles | semi-finals

Sunday 1 February

Men’s singles final 🏆Boys’ singles final 🏆Girls’ singles final 🏆