Australian Open, program and matches on January 27th

The men’s draw of the Australian Open takes a break. Deep breath after ten hectic days, with games one after the other and repetitive emotions. On Thursday there will be a little quiet before the storm of the semifinals, to further increase the wait: the match between Berrettini and Nadal is the classic appointment that you approach as children do on Christmas day, Tsitsipas will also be on the pitch. and Medvedev. With the men everything is postponed to Friday, but on Thursday there will still be great tennis: it will be the women’s semifinals, as well as interesting doubles matches.

The program

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The highlight is in the evening session of the Rod Laver Arena, with times therefore convenient for Italy. It starts at 9.30 with the match between Ashleigh Barty, number 1 in the world, and Madison Keys: the first is a certainty, the second is enchanting in 2022 – she won the Adelaide 2 tournament, an open streak of 10 games won in a row – and on hard court she is an extremely dangerous player. The American returns to the semifinal of the Australian Open seven years after the last time: in 2015 came the defeat against Serena Williams. After the match between Barty and Keys, it will be up to Iga Swiatek and Danielle Collins: seeded number 7 and 27 respectively, in the only previous one – in Adelaide last year – the American retired in the second set after losing the first. Collins returns to the semifinal of the Australian Open after the exploit of 2019 (defeat against Kvitova), while for Swatek it is the first Grand Slam semifinal on concrete: the Polish won Roland Garros in 2019.

In double

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The Italian morning will be monopolized by the women’s semifinals, while at night it will be a show with doubles matches. Pay attention above all to Kyrgios and Kokkinakis: the Australian couple, on the draw with wild-cards, will play in the semifinals with the duo Granollers and Zeballos, seeded number 3. A pit is expected at the Rod Laver Arena: start no earlier than 4.30 Italian time . No earlier than 3, at Margaret Court, there will be the match between the number 1 and 3 seeded teams of the women’s draw: Krejcikova and Siniakova will face off against Kudermetova and Mertens. All matches will be visible on Eurosport and Discovery Plus.