The women’s finals and one half of the men’s finals are both set at the 2016 Australian Open, with just one more semifinal matchup to go on Friday. Novak Djokovic, the top seed for the men, will be taking on the winner of Friday’s match between No. 2 seed Andy Murray and No. 13 seed Milos Raonic.
2016 Australian Open: Schedule, TV coverage and live stream for Friday
Andy Murray and Milos Raonic will face off in the semifinals on Friday morning.
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Raonic is a surprise semifinalist given some of the opponents he faced earlier in the tournament, but he made it through all of them. His first big test was when he faced No. 21 Viktor Troicki in the third round, but he made short work of him, downing him in straight sets.
Most figured that is where his tournament would come to an end, as he had Stan Wawrinka, the tournament’s fourth seed, in his next match but he found Wawrinka to a full five sets and came away with the tough-fought victory. He had No. 23 Gael Monfils in his next match, and took him to four sets before coming away with the win.
Murray has had a brilliant tournament thus far, though he was pushed to four sets against David Ferrer in the quarterfinals. Still, he’s played far less than Raonic this tournament and should be much fresher. Murray is obviously favored to win and advance to the final against Djokovic.
The semifinal matchup between Murray and Raonic will take place after the women’s doubles final between Marinta Hingis and Sania Mirza, the top seeds, and Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka, the seventh seeds, and the mixed doubles semifinal on Rod Laver Arena.
This means that Murray and Raonic will not take the court until 3:30 a.m. ET early Friday morning. Television coverage of that semifinal will be carried by ESPN’s flagship network. An online stream will be available at WatchESPN.
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