The opening round of the 2016 Australian Open is here, and both top seeds will be in action. No. 1 Novak Djokovic drew unseeded Hyeon Chung in his first match, while Serena Williams will take on unseeded Camila Giorgi on the women’s side.
Australian Open 2016: Schedule, TV coverage and live stream for Monday
Both Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams will be in action for the first day of the Australian Open.
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Djokovic is considered the favorite to win the tournament after a ridiculously dominant run last season. He won three of the four Grand Slams, only falling short in the finals of the French Open, the one Grand Slam he has still yet to win in his career. He is the defending Australian Open champion, as is Williams on the women’s side.
There is still a “big four” on the men’s side, but Djokovic has clearly been a step above Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal. Stan Wawrinka is also in that discussion these days. Federer will be in action against Nikoloz Basilashvili, and he’s been drawn in the same half as Djokovic.
Australian Nick Kyrgios, the No. 29 seed, will be in action against Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta. No. 7 seed Kei Nishikori vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber could be the most intriguing opening round match and that will also be on the first day.
Television coverage of the opening round begins at 7 p.m. ET Sunday evening, running on ESPN 2. That coverage will run through 7 a.m. Monday morning. From there, ESPN 2 and the Tennis Channel will share coverage throughout the tournament. Live streaming of the full tournament will be available at Watch ESPN and Tennis Channel Live.
Below, we’ve got the seeded matches for the opening day. You can find a full schedule of play here.
Men’s Singles
No. 1 Novak Djokovic vs. Hyeon Chung
No. 3 Roger Federer vs. Nikoloz Basilashvili
No. 6 Tomas Berdych vs. Yuki Bhambri
No. 7 Kei Nishikori vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber
No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Marcos Baghdatis
No. 12 Marin Cilic vs. Thiemo de Bakker
No. 14 Gilles Simon vs. Vasek Pospisil
No. 15 David Goffin vs. Sergiy Stakhovsky
No. 17 Benoit Paire vs. Noah Rubin
No. 19 Dominic Thiem vs. Leonardo Mayer
No. 22 Ivo Karlovic vs. Federico Delbonis
No. 24 Roberto Bautista Agut vs. Martin Klizan
No. 26. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu
No. 27 Grigor Dimitrov vs. Paolo Lorenzi
No. 28 Andreas Seppi vs. Teymuraz Gabashvili
No. 29 Nick Kyrgios vs. Pablo Carreno Busta
Women’s Singles
No. 1 Serena Williams vs. Camila Giorgi
No. 4 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. Christina McHale
No. 5 Maria Sharapova vs. Nao Hibino
No. 6 Petra Kvitova vs. Luksika Kumkhum
No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Viktorija Golubic
No. 12 Belinda Bencic vs. Alison Riske
No. 16 Caroline Wozniacki vs. Yulia Putintseva
No. 17 Sara Errani vs. Margarita Gasparyan
No. 22 Andrea Petkovic vs. Elizaveta Kulichkova
No. 23 Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Daniela Hantuchova
No. 24 Sloane Stephens vs. Qiang Wang
No. 25 Samantha Stosur vs. Kristyna Pliskova
No. 26 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Lauren Davis
No. 27 Anna Karolina Schmiedlova vs. Daria Kasatkina
No. 28 Kristina Mladenovic vs. Dominika Cibulkova
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