The Round of 16 at the 2015 Australian Open is underway, with one half of quarterfinals now set following the matches on Sunday. The matches on Monday will set the remainder of the quarterfinals, bringing the competitors in each singles bracket down to eight apiece. The top seeds will be in action for both brackets on Monday (local time -- the matches begin Sunday night and continue into Monday morning for those of you in the United States).
2015 Australian Open TV coverage and schedule for Monday matches
Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams try and push through to the quarterfinals with tough matchups on Monday.
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That means men’s No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic will be playing Gilles Muller, an unseeded opponent who made it past John Isner, the tournament’s No. 19 seed, in the third round. On the women’s side, top-seeded Serena Williams will be facing No. 24 Garbine Muguruza.
Djokovic, if he wins (as he’s favored to do), will face either No. 12 Feliciano Lopez or No. 8 Milos Raonic in the quarterfinals. This also sets up a potential semifinals matchup with guys like Stan Wawrinka and Kei Nishikori.
The matches will get underway at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday on the Tennis Channel. That broadcast will run through 9 p.m., at which point ESPN2 will carry coverage through 2 a.m. They’ll break for an hour and resume at 3 a.m., running through 6:30 a.m. Monday morning.
Those hoping to watch online can do so at WatchESPN or the Australian Open website.
Here's a look at some of the big matchups, with a full schedule here:
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Gilles Muller
No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez
No. 5 Kei Nishikori vs. No. 9 David Ferrer
No. 8 Milos Raonic vs. No. 12 Feliciano Lopez
Women’s Singles
No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 24 Garbine Muguruza
No. 6 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. No. 18 Venus Williams
No. 11 Dominika Cibulkova vs. Victoria Azarenka
Madison Keys vs. Madison Brengle
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