Milos Raonic is now the highest-seeded man in action on opposite days to Andy Murray in the other half of the bracket at the Australian Open. Raonic, the third seed, is the top thanks to Novak Djokovic, the second seed, being upset in the second round. Raonic will play his third-round matchup next, and he’s got No. 25 seed Gilles Simon to contend with.
2017 Australian Open: Schedule, TV coverage and live stream for Saturday
Serena Williams is the highest-remaining seed in this half of the draw for both men and women.
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Serena Williams is the highest seed in general on the day. She is the second seed, and she will take on Nicole Gibbs in her third-round match. The matches on Saturday in Melbourne will begin on Friday in the United States. Play will start at 7 p.m. ET in the US and will be broadcast on ESPN2 starting at 9 p.m., running through 7 a.m. on Saturday morning.
Karolina Pliskova is the fifth seed for the women and she will be taking on Jelena Ostapenko. Dominika Cibulkova, the sixth seed, will face No. 30 Ekaterina Makarova. Johanna Konta, the ninth seed, will take on No. 17 Caroline Wozniacki, who has been playing some excellent tennis at this stage of her career.
On the men’s side, the other top-10 seeds in action will be Gael Monfils, Dominic Thiem, and Rafael Nadal. Monfils, the sixth seed, will face the hard-serving Philipp Kolhschreiber, the No. 32 seed. Thiem, the eighth seed, will be taking on Benoit Paire.
Nadal is the ninth seed after struggling with a ton of injuries in 2016, but he’s looked great thus far at the Australian Open. He will take on No. 24 seed Alexander Zverev.
Below is a full list of singles matches with seeded competition and below that is all the information you need to watch the matches.
Men’s Singles
No. 3 Milos Raonic vs. No. 25 Gilles Simon
No. 6 Gael Monfils vs. No. 32 Philipp Kohlschreiber
No. 8 Dominic Thiem vs. Benoit Paire
No. 9 Rafael Nadal vs. No. 24 Alexander Zverev
No. 11 David Goffin vs. No. 20 Ivo Karlovic
No. 13 Robeto Bautista Agut vs. No. 21 David Ferrer
No. 15 Grigor Dimitrov vs. No. 18 Richard Gasquet
No. 30 Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Denis Istomin
Women’s Singles
No. 2 Serena Williams vs. Nicole Gibbs
No. 5 Karolina Pliskova vs. Jelena Ostapenko
No. 6 Dominika Cibulkova vs. No. 30 Ekaterina Makarova
No. 9 Johanna Konta vs. No. 17 Caroline Wozniacki
No. 12 Timea Bacsinszky vs. No. 22 Daria Gavrilova
No. 14 Elena Vesnina vs. Jennifer Brady
No. 16 Barbora Strycova vs. No. 21 Caroline Garcia
How to Watch the Australian Open second round on Friday/Saturday
Time: 9 p.m. - 7 a.m. ET
Location: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
TV: ESPN2
Online Streaming: WatchESPN, Tennis Channel Everywhere
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