Australian Open schedule and UK start times: Order of play for Tuesday January 28

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The order of play for Tuesday January 28 has been announced for the 2020 Australian Open.

We’ve reached the quarter-final stage of the men’s and women’s singles, and that’s the action which dominates the Rod Laver Arena.

Sofia Kenin vs Ons Jabeur kicks things off, before World No1 and home favourite Ash Barty takes on last year’s runner-up Petra Kvitova.

Unseeded American Tennys Sandgren has the task of eliminating Roger Federer, before the ‘evening session’ begins with a thunderous tie between Milos Raonic and World No2 Novak Djokovic.

Here’s the Australian Open schedule (with UK start times) for Tuesday January 28:

Rod Laver Arena

From midnight: (14) Sofia Kenin vs Ons Jabeur, (1) Ash Barty vs (7) Petra Kvitova, Tennys Sandgren vs (3) Roger Federer

Not before 8am: (32) Milos Raonic vs (2) Novak Djokovic, Max Purcell/Luke Saville vs Ken Skupski/Santiago Gonzalez

Margaret Court Arena

From 1.30am: Katerina Siniakova/Barbora Krejcikova vs Jalena Ostapenko/Gabriela/Dabrowski, Jonny O’Mara/Marcelo Arevalo vs Ivan Dodig/Filip Polasek, Barbora Krejcikova/Nikola Mektic vs Amanda Anismova/Nick Kyrgios

1573 Arena

From 1am: Jan-Lennard Struff/Henri Kontinen vs Rajeev Ram vs Joe Salisbury, Cori Gauff/Cary McNally, Timea Babos/Kristina Mladenovic, Jessica Moore/Matthew Ebden vs Gabriela Dabrowski/Henri Kontinen

Court 3

From 1.30am: Barbora Strycova/Hsieh Su-wei vs Jennifer Brady/Caroline Dolehide, Chan Hao-ching/Latisha Chan vs Elise Mertens/Aryna Sabalenka, Jamie Murray/Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs Leander Paes/Jelena Ostapenko, Latisha Chan/Ivan Dodig vs Andreja Klepac vs Edouard Roger-Vasselin

Not before 0300: (13) Veronika Kudermetova (Rus) & Alison Riske (USA) v (3) Elise Mertens (Bel) & Aryna Sabalenka (Blr), Saisai Zheng (Chn) & Joran Vliegen (Bel) v (8) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) & Neal Skupski (Gbr), (16) Austin Krajicek (USA) & Franko Skugor (Cro) v Santiago Gonzalez (Mex) & Kenneth Skupski (Gbr)