Day 6 of the 2015 Australian Open is highlighted by several matchups between seeded players as we complete the third round and progress into the weekend.
2015 Australian Open live stream: TV coverage and schedule for Saturday’s matches
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Men’s No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic has coasted to a pair of straight-set wins, dropping 14 total games in six sets so far in Melbourne. He gets a challenge on Saturday in No. 31 Fernando Verdasco of Spain, with No. 19 John Isner potentially waiting in the Round of 16.
Another intriguing matchup is No. 9 David Ferrer facing No. 18 Gilles Simon, who beat Ferrer in four sets in the Round of 32 at the 2014 U.S. Open in September. Ferrer is 5-2 all-time against Simon.
On the women’s side, top seed Serena Williams faces No. 26 Elina Svitolina, while No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska battles No. 30 Varvara Lepchenko. The winner of the Radwanska-Lepchenko match potentially faces No. 18 Venus Williams in the fourth round. Radwanska is 5-2 all-time against Lepchenko, with their one grand slam meeting coming at the 2007 Australian Open, an opening-round three-set win for Radwanska.
Television coverage for Saturday in Australia begins at 3 p.m. ET on Friday on ESPN2, with same-day coverage for three hours, followed by live coverage on ESPN2 from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Saturday morning.
Online coverage of the Australia Open is available on WatchESPN.
Here is the full Day 6 schedule in Melbourne:
Men’s singles - Third round
No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 31 Fernando Verdasco
No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. Jarkko Nieminen
No. 5 Kei Nishikori vs. Steve Johnson
No. 8 Milos Raonic vs. Benjamin Becker
No. 9 David Ferrer vs. No. 18 GIlles Simon
No. 12 Feliciano Lopez vs. Jerzy Janowicz
No. 18 John Isner vs. Gilles Muller
Vasek Pospisil vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
Women’s singles - Third round
No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 26 Elina Svitolina
No. 4 Petra Kvitova vs. Madison Keys
No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. No. 30 Varvara Lepchenko
No. 11 Dominika Cibulkova vs. No. 19 Alizé Cornet
No. 18 Venus Williams vs. Camila Giorgi
No. 24 Garbine Muguruza vs. Timea Bacsinszky
No. 25 Barbora Zahlavova-Strycova vs. Victoria Azarenka
Coco Vandeweghe vs. Madison Brengle
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