Livewire Aussie Nick Kyrgios is set to take on Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas LIVE on Channel 7/7TWO/7mate and the 7Tennis app from 6.45pm AEDT tomorrow (Wednesday).
The young Aussie, ranked 11 spots higher on the ATP rankings, has never played the 30 year old right hander before, but will enjoy something of a home ground advantage on his favourite, Hisense Arena.
Also at night, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic will be out on Rod Laver Arena, while Aussies Omar Jasika and Daria Gavrilova will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Petra Kvitova respectively on Margaret Court Arena. Crowd favourite Eugenie Bouchard will be facing off against fourth seed Agnieska Radwanska from 7pm AEDT.
Australian Open 2008 champion Maria Sharapova starts the day on Seven’s coverage at 11am as she takes on Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Following that, six-time winner Serena Williams is up against Chinese Taipei’s Su-Wei Hsieh, then 17-time Grand Slam title winner Roger Federer graces the court against Alexandr Dolgopolov late afternoon.
WEDNESDAY 20 JANUARY
NIGHT televised feature matches from 6.45pm AEDT to include:
KYRGIOS, Nick (AUS) [29] vs CUEVAS, Pablo (URU) – first up on court
TSONGA, Jo-Wilfried (FRA) [9] vs JASIKA, Omar (AUS) – first up on court at 7pm AEDT
GAVRILOVA, Daria (AUS) vs KVITOVA, Petra (CZE) [6] – second up on court
RADWANSKA, Agnieszka (POL) [4] vs BOUCHARD, Eugenie (CAN) – first up on court at 7pm AEDT
DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) [1] vs HALYS, Quentin (FRA) – second up on court
DAY televised feature matches to include:
SASNOVICH, Aliaksandra (BLR) vs SHARAPOVA, Maria (RUS) [5] – first up on court
WILLIAMS, Serena (USA) [1] vs HSIEH, Su-Wei (TPE) – second up on court
FEDERER, Roger (SUI) [3] vs DOLGOPOLOV, Alexandr (UKR) – third up on court
GROTH, Sam (AUS) / HEWITT, Lleyton (AUS) vs LAJOVIC, Dusan (SRB) / TROICKI, Viktor (SRB)
