Australian Open 2011 Tennis TV Schedule, Draw For Monday: Nadal Questing For Second Title

Welcome to Day 2 of the 2011 Aussie Open! (We use “day” in a loose sense, of course.) If you’re planning on staying up all night with us to get your Down Under tennis fix, here’s a handy Australian Open TV schedule, adjusted to EST. Where to watch what tonight:
3:00 - 6:00 p.m.: ESPN2 will be running recap coverage of matches viewers may have missed in the wee hours of Monday morning.
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.: Live coverage of first-round play on the Tennis Channel
9:00 p.m. - 8:00 a.m.: Live coverage of first-round play on ESPN2
You can find the full Australian Open draw sheet and schedule on the tournament’s official website. Remember when checking the schedule that it if it’s Monday evening on the East Coast, it’s already Tuesday in Australia.
Appearing “today” in Rod Laver Arena, in chronological order:
No. 2 Vera Zvonareva vs. Sybille Bammer
No. 1 Rafael Nadal vs. Marcos Daniel
No. 5 Samantha Stosur (Aussie alert!) vs. Lauren Davis (American alert!)
Dinara Safina vs. No. 3 Kim Clijsters
No. 27 David Nalbandian vs. Lleyton Hewitt (imminent brahsomeness alert!)
Notable men’s matches on lesser-televised courts:
No. 4 Robin Söderling vs. Potito Starace
No. 5 Andy Murray vs. Karol Beck
No. 7 David Ferrer vs. Jarkko Nieminen
No. 10 Mikhail Youzhny vs. Marsel Ilhan
No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Philipp Petzscner
No. 15 Marin Cilic vs. Donald Young
No. 20 John Isner vs. Florent Serra
Dudi Sela vs. Juan Martin Del Potro
And the ladies, most of whose top seeds played yesterday:
No. 7 Jelena Jankovic vs. Alla Kudryavtseva
No. 10 Shahar Peer vs. Mathilde Johansson
No. 19 Ana Ivanovic vs. Ekaterina Makarova
Melanie Oudin vs. Klara Zakopalova
Alize Cornet vs. Coco Vandeweghe
Kimiko Date-Krumm vs. Agnieszka Radwanska
Stay tuned to this StoryStream as Day 2 of the Australian Open results come rolling in; for more tennis coverage, visit SB Nation’s The Daily Forehand.