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Australian Open schedule today and UK start times: Order of play for Wednesday January 22

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The order of play for Wednesday January 22 has been announced as we gear up for another day’s action at the Australian Open.

After four British players were eliminated in the first round on Tuesday, three remain – with two in action on day three. Heather Watson kicks things off against Kristyna Pliskova at midnight on Court 12, while Dan Evans is second up on Court 19 where he plays Yoshihito Nishioka.

Top women’s seed and the home favourite Ash Barty (vs Polana Hercog) is second up on Rod Laver, with Novak Djokovic vs Tatsuma Ito straight after that before the ‘evening sessions’ action involving Serena Williams and Roger Federer.

Reigning women’s champion Naoimi Osaka kicks things off on at the Margaret Court Arena at midnight where she faces Saisai Zheng.

Here’s the Australian Open schedule for Wednesday 22nd January (with UK start times)

Midnight: Paula Badosa Gibert (Spa) vs (7) Petra Kvitova (Cze), (1) Ashleigh Barty (Aus) vs Polona Hercog (Slo), Tatsuma Ito (Jpn) vs (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser).

Not before 8am: Tamara Zidansek (Slo) vs (8) Serena Williams (USA), Filip Krajinovic (Ser) vs (3) Roger Federer (Swi)

Margaret Court Arena

Midnight: (3) Naomi Osaka (Jpn) vs Saisai Zheng (Chn), Caroline Wozniacki (Den) vs (23) Dayana Yastremska (Ukr), Tommy Paul (USA) vs (18) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul)

Not before 8am: Jordan Thompson (Aus) vs (12) Fabio Fognini (Ita), (10) Madison Keys (USA) vs Arantxa Rus (Ned)

1573 Arena

Midnight: Carla Suarez Navarro (Spa) vs (11) Aryna Sabalenka (Blr), (16) Elise Mertens (Bel) vs Danka Kovinic (Mne), (8) Matteo Berrettini (Ita) vs Tennys Sandgren (USA), Michael Mmoh (USA) vs (9) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)

Melbourne Arena

Midnight: Julia Goerges (Ger) vs (13) Petra Martic (Cro)

Not before 1.50am: Cori Gauff (USA) vs Sorana Cirstea (Rom), (6) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) vs Philipp Kohlschreiber (Ger), (31) Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) vs John Millman (Aus)

Court 3

Midnight: Ann Li (USA) vs (14) Sofia Kenin (USA), (25) Ekaterina Alexandrova (Rus) vs Barbora Krejcikova (Cze), (21) Benoit Paire (Fra) vs Marin Cilic (Cro), Marc Polmans (Aus) vs (24) Dusan Lajovic (Ser)

Court 5

Midnight: (7) Hao-Ching Chan (Tpe) & Latisha Chan (Tpe) vs Oksana Kalashnikova (Geo) & Miyu Kato (Jpn), Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Jonny O'Mara (Gbr) vs Hugo Dellien (Bol) & Juan Ignacio Londero (Arg), Andres Molteni (Arg) & Hugo Nys (Mon) vs Alex Bolt (Aus) & Matthew Ebden (Aus), Jaimee Fourlis (Aus) & Anastasia Rodionova (Aus) vs Johanna Larsson (Swe) & Rebecca Peterson (Swe)

Court 7

Midnight: Taylor Townsend (USA) vs Jessica Pegula (USA), Ons Jabeur (Tun) vs Caroline Garcia (Fra), Blake Ellis (Aus) & Alexei Popyrin (Aus) vs (4) Ivan Dodig (Cro) & Filip Polasek (Svk), Max Purcell (Aus) & Luke Saville (Aus) vs Andrey Rublev (Rus) & Andrei Vasilevski (Blr), (13) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) vs Rohan Bopanna (Ind) & Yasutaka Uchiyama (Jpn)

Court 8

Midnight: Astra Sharma (Aus) vs (28) Anett Kontaveit (Est), (18) Alison Riske (USA) vs Lin Zhu (Chn), (14) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) vs Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (Spa), Nao Hibino (Jpn) vs (22) Maria Sakkari (Gre)

Court 10

Midnight: Marcus Daniell (Nzl) & Philipp Oswald (Aut) vs (6) Marcel Granollers (Spa) & Horacio Zeballos (Arg), (8) Jean-Julien Rojer (Ned) & Horia Tecau (Rom) vs Dominic Inglot (Gbr) & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Pak), Jennifer Brady (USA) & Caroline Dolehide (USA) vs (5) Nicole Melichar (USA) & Yi Fan Xu (Chn), Misaki Doi (Jpn) & Monica Niculescu (Rom) vs Anna Kalinskaya (Rus) & Yulia Putintseva (Kaz)

Court 11

Midnight: (16) Austin Krajicek (USA) & Franko Skugor (Cro) vs Roman Jebavy (Cze) & Igor Zelenay (Svk), Vania King (USA) & Christina McHale (USA) vs Bernarda Pera (USA) & Renata Voracova (Cze), (15) Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) & Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) vs Alexandra Bozovic (Aus) & Amber Marshall (Aus), Miomir Kecmanovic (Ser) & Casper Ruud (Nor) vs (9) Raven Klaasen (Rsa) & Oliver Marach (Aut)

Court 12

Midnight: Kristyna Pliskova (Cze) vs Heather Watson (Gbr), Maddison Inglis (Aus) & Kaylah McPhee (Aus) vs (14) Lyudmyla Kichenok (Ukr) & Zhaoxuan Yang (Chn), Henri Kontinen (Fin) & Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) vs Andreas Seppi (Ita) & Lorenzo Sonego (Ita), Divij Sharan (Ind) & Artem Sitak (Nzl) vs Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) & Joao Sousa (Por)

Court 13

Midnight: Shuai Zhang (Chn) vs Catherine McNally (USA), (22) Guido Pella (Arg) vs Gregoire Barrere (Fra), Aljaz Bedene (Slo) & Ariel Behar (Uru) vs Federico Delbonis (Arg) & Leonardo Mayer (Arg), Chris Guccione (Aus) & Matt Reid (Aus) vs Marc Lopez (Spa) & Albert Ramos-Vinolas (Spa)

Court 14

Midnight: Iga Swiatek (Pol) vs Timea Babos (Hun), Sander Gille (Bel) & Joran Vliegen (Bel) vs Pablo Andujar (Spa) & Feliciano Lopez (Spa), Greet Minnen (Bel) vs (29) Elena Rybakina (Kaz), Marco Cecchinato (Ita) & Laslo Djere (Ser) vs (5) Wesley Koolhof (Ned) & Nikola Mektic (Cro)

Court 15

Midnight: (30) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus) vs Nina Stojanovic (Ser), (3) Kevin Krawietz (Ger) & Andreas Mies (Ger) vs Alexander Bublik (Kaz) & Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz), Lauren Davis (USA) & Viktorija Golubic (Swi) vs Destanee Aiava (Aus) & Lizette Cabrera (Aus), Asia Muhammad (USA) & Sabrina Santamaria (USA) vs Priscilla Hon (Aus) & Storm Sanders (Aus)

Court 19

Midnight: Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spa) vs Veronika Kudermetova (Rus), (30) Dan Evans (Gbr) vs Yoshihito Nishioka (Jpn), Christian Garin (Chi) vs (32) Milos Raonic (Can), (27) Qiang Wang (Chn) vs Fiona Ferro (Fra)

Court 22

Midnight: Ricardas Berankis (Lit) vs Sam Querrey (USA), Marton Fucsovics (Hun) vs Jannik Sinner (Ita), Danielle Collins (USA) & Alicja Rosolska (Pol) vs Kateryna Kozlova (Ukr) & Magda Linette (Pol), (7) John Peers (Aus) & Michael Venus (Nzl) vs Frederik Nielsen (Den) & Tim Puetz (Ger)

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