Day 9 of the 2023 Australian Open is set to be a thrilling one, as the tournament reaches its quarter-final stage.
The women’s singles draw features two highly-anticipated matches, with a clash between Grand Slam champions Jelena Ostapenko and Elena Rybakina, and two-time Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka taking on third seed Jessica Pegula.
The men’s side of the draw will also see action, with Stefanos Tsitsipas and Sebastian Korda taking to the court.
Tsitsipas is favoured to make the final from the top half of the draw, but as the tournament has already seen upsets, it’s anyone’s game. Don’t miss the quarter-final action on January 24th at the Australian Open.
On Channel 9HD, the coverage will be hosted by James Bracey, Roz Kelly and Tony Jones, while on 9Gem Nick McArdle, Emma Lawrence and Seb Costello will host Nine’s broadcast.
Commentary throughout the tournament will be provided by Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, Lleyton Hewitt, Jelena Dokic, Dylan Alcott, Casey Dellacqua, Sam Smith, Alicia Molik, Mark Philippoussis, Darren Cahill and Peter Psaltis.
Additional off-court reporting will come from Alicia Loxley, Matthew Pavlich, Clint Stanaway, Danika Mason and Madeline Slattery.
Throughout the duration of the tournament, Channel 9HD and 9GemHD will have the best matches and biggest moments live and free across 276 hours of tennis coverage.
9Now will provide every point of every match, at any time on the device of your choosing, in full HD, with the new start-over button allowing fans to watch from the start of each session.
Australian Open broadcast schedule – Day 9
ROD LAVER ARENA
Day session (from 11:00am AEDT)
- John-Patrick Smith & Lizette Cabrera [WC] v Luisa Stefani & Rafael Matos
- Elena Rybakina [22] v Jelena Ostapenko [17]
- Karen Khachanov [18] v Sebastian Korda [29]
Night session (from 07:00pm AEDT)
- Jessica Pegula [3] v Victoria Azarenka [24]
- Stefanos Tsitsipas [3] v Jiri Lehecka
MARGARET COURT ARENA
- Martin de la Puente v Ben Weekes [WC] (Men’s wheelchair singles)
- Aniek van Koot [3] v Angelica Bernal (Women’s wheelchair singles)
- Caroline Dolehide & Anna Kalinskaya v Gabriela Dabrowski & Giuliana Olmos [3]
- Niels Vink [1] v Ymanitu Silva (Quad wheelchair singles)
- Jelena Ostapenko & David Vega Hernandez v Rohan Bopanna & Sania Mirza
OTHER MATCHES
Neal Skupski & Desirae Krawczyk [3] v Jamie Murray & Taylor Townsend (Court 3, fifth match)
Alfie Hewitt [1] v Daisuke Arai (Court 8, first match) (Men’s wheelchair singles)
Gordon Reid v Tom Egberink (Court 5, first match) (Men’s wheelchair singles)
