Australian Open 2017: Schedule, TV coverage and live stream for Wednesday

Serena Williams cruised to victory in her opening round Australian Open matchup, keeping her in the running as she trails Angelique Kerber. Williams is trying to get her top ranking back, and her bid got stronger when Simona Halep was eliminated on the tournament’s first day.

On Tuesday, in the United States, Kerber will face Carina Witthoeft in her second-round match. The day’s matches will begin on Wednesday in Melbourne and play will be at a decent hour throughout the day. But in the United States, things will get started at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday, not wrapping up until 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

The day’s matches will be broadcast by ESPN2 in the United States, with a live stream available online via WatchESPN.

Men’s second seed Novak Djokovic and ninth seed Rafael Nadal both advanced in their opening rounds as well, keeping top seed Andy Murray and the rest of those on the opposite schedule on notice. Murray will be in action against Andrey Rublev for his second round matchup on Wednesday.

Fourth seed Stan Wawrinka will face Steve Johnson, fifth seed Kei Nishikori has a tough out against Jeremy Chardy, seventh seed Marin Cilic will take on Daniel Evans and rounding out the top 10 is Tomas Berdych, who will take on Ryan Harrison. Finally, all the way down at the 17th seed, Roger Federer will take on Noah Rubin.

With Simona Halep out of the tournament due to a first-round upset, No. 7 Garbine Muguruza is the second-highest seed in action for the women. She will be taking on Samantha Crawford for her second round match. No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova will face Jaimee Fourlis while 10th seed Carla Suarez Navarro will take on Sorana Cirstea.

Below is the full list of singles matches involving seeded competition on Tuesday, along with all the information you need to watch the day’s action.

Time: 9 p.m. - 7 a.m.

Location: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

TV: ESPN2

Online Streaming: WatchESPN, Tennis Channel Everywhere

Men’s Singles

No. 1 Andy Murray vs. Andrey Rublev
No. 4 Stan Wawrinka vs. Steve Johnson
No. 5 Kei Nishikori vs. Jeremy Chardy
No. 7 Marin Cilic vs. Daniel Evans
No. 10 Tomas Berdych vs. Ryan Harrison
No. 12 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Dusan Lajovic
No. 14 Nick Kyrgios vs. Andreas Seppi
No. 17 Roger Federer vs. Noah Rubin
No. 19 John Isner vs. Mischa Zverev
No. 23 Jack Sock vs. Karen Khachanov
No. 27 Bernard Tomic vs. Victor Estrella Burgos
No. 29 Viktor Troicki vs. Paolo Lorenzi
No. 31 Sam Querrey vs. Alex De Minaur

Women’s Singles

No. 1 Angelique Kerber vs. Carina Witthoeft
No. 7 Garbine Muguruza vs. Samantha Crawford
No. 8 Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Jaimee Fourlis
No. 10 Carla Suarez Navarro vs. Sorana Cirstea
No. 11 Elina Svitolina vs. Julia Boserup
No. 13 Venus Williams vs. Stefanie Voegele
No. 20 Shuai Zhang vs. Alison Riske
No. 24 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Natalia Vikhlyantseva
No. 29 Monica Puig vs. Mona Barthel
No. 32 Anastasija Sevastova vs. Kristina Kucova