The Australian Open was shaken up massively on Day 7, when both top seeds in Andy Murray and Angelique Kerber were eliminated. Murray fell to unseeded Mischa Zverev in four sets, while Kerber was thoroughly dominated by unseeded American Coco Vandewegh in straight sets.
2017 Australian Open: Schedule, TV coverage and live stream for Monday
Serena Williams and Milos Raonic are the highest seeds remaining at the Australian Open.
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With men’s second seed Novak Djokovic also out of the tournament, that leaves third seed Milos Raonic as the highest remaining. Raonic is set to play on Monday, and he’ll be taking on No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut. Serena Williams, the women’s second seed, is now heavily favored to take the title with Kerber out.
Monday’s matches in Melbourne will get underway on Sunday evening in the United States. Coverage of the matches will be provided by ESPN2, beginning at 9 p.m. ET. Live streams of all matches will be available online via WatchESPN.
Williams has a tough matchup against No. 16 Barbora Strycova, but she’s been playing excellent tennis thus far and will be favored in that matchup. Women’s fifth seed Karolina Pliskova is Williams’ top competition at this point, and she will take on No. 22 Daria Gavrilova on Monday. Ninth seed Johanna Konta will take on No. 30 Ekaterina Makarova.
The best matchup of the day will see men’s sixth seed Gael Monfils taking on the resurgent Rafael Nadal. The ninth seed, Nadal is showing that he still has it after a 2016 campaign that was heavily derailed by injuries. Roger Federer has been making a similar statement in the other half of the bracket.
Eighth seed Dominic Thiem will face No. 11 David Goffin and No. 15 Grigor Dimitrov gets an unseeded but still dangerous opponent in Denis Istomin.
Below is a list of all the singles matches and below that is all the information you need to watch the action on Monday.
Men’s Singles
No. 3 Milos Raonic vs. No. 13 Roberto Bautista Agut
No. 6 Gael Monfils vs. No. 9 Rafael Nadal
No. 8 Dominic Thiem vs. No. 11 David Goffin
No. 15 Grigor Dimitrov vs. Denis Istomin
Women’s Singles
No. 2 Serena Williams vs. No. 16 Barbora Strycova
No. 5 Karolina Pliskova vs. No. 22 Daria Gavrilova
No. 9 Johanna Konta vs. No. 30 Ekaterina Makarova
Jennifer Brady vs. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni
How to Watch the Australian Open second round on Sunday/Monday
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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