TENNIS | AUSTRALIAN OPEN
Australian Open 2024: Who plays today, Wednesday, Jan. 17? Fritz, Tiafoe, Korda, Shelton, Eubanks...
We take a look at who plays in the women’s and men’s competition on the fourth day of the tennis Grand Slam tournament played in Melbourne, Australia.
Novak Djokovic and Aryna Sabalenka headline day four of the Australian Open on Wednesday. The latter takes on 16-year-old qualifier Brenda Fruhvirtova, while Djokovic faces Alexei Popyrin, as the Serb looks to win his 11th Australian Open title and 25th grand slam in Melbourne.
Australia’s Alex de Minaur takes on Matteo Arnaldi, and his compatriot, Jordan Thompson, will be aiming to get the better of Stefanos Tsitsipas. In another clash to watch out for, Coco Gauff will take on Caroline Dolehide at Margaret Court Arena. Caroline Wozniacki, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Ons Jabeur are some of the other names in action on the fourth day of the Australian Open.
Day three
On day three, Carlos Alcaraz booked his place in the second round, making light work of Richard Gasquet in three sets. The Spaniard will play Lorenzo Sonego on Thursday. British player Emma Raducanu beat Shelby Rogers in the first round and Katie Boulter got past Yuan Yue for her first Australian Open win in five years.
What is Wednesday’s order of play? (All times ET)
Rod Laver Arena
From 8:00 p.m. (Tuesday): (6) Ons Jabeur (Tun) v Mirra Andreeva (Rus), (10) Alex De Minaur (Aus) v Matteo Arnaldi (Ita)
From 3:00 a.m. (Wednesday): Brenda Fruhvirtova (Cze) v (2) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr), (1) Novak Djokovic (Ser) v Alexei Popyrin (Aus)
Margaret Court Arena
From 8:00 p.m. (Tuesday): Jannik Sinner (Ita) v Jesper De Jong (Ned), Caroline Dolehide (USA) v (4) Cori Gauff (USA)
From 3:00 a.m. (Wednesday): Jordan Thompson (Aus) v (7) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre), (8) Maria Sakkari (Gre) v Elina Avanesyan (Rus)
John Cain Arena
From 7:00 p.m. (Tuesday): Caroline Wozniacki (Den) v Maria Timofeeva (Rus), Laura Siegemund (Ger) v Storm Hunter (Aus), Christopher O’Connell (Aus) v (16) Ben Shelton (USA), Christopher Eubanks (USA) v (5) Andrey Rublev (Rus)
Kia Arena
From 7:00 p.m. (Tuesday): (32) Leylah Annie Fernandez (Can) v Alycia Parks (USA), (12) Taylor Harry Fritz (USA) v Hugo Gaston (Fra), (17) Frances Tiafoe (USA) v Tomas Machac (Cze), Marta Kostyuk (Ukr) v (25) Elise Mertens (Bel)
1573 Arena
From 7:00 p.m. (Tuesday): Daniel Elahi Galan (Col) v (26) Sebastian Baez (Arg), Alina Korneeva (Rus) v (10) Beatriz Haddad Maia (Bra), (16) Caroline Garcia (Fra) v Magdalena Frech (Pol), Daria Saville (Aus) & Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus) v Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo) & Maia Lumsden (Gbr).
Top seed Novak Djokovic is the big favorite to win the men’s title at +100, followed by Carlos Alcaraz (+320), Sinner (+650), Daniil Medvedev (11-1) and Holger Rune (32-1). In the women’s event, Iga Swiatek, at +220 is favorite, Aryna Sabalenka is at +450, while both Elena Rybakina and Coco Gauff are +500.