Australian Open 2018 live stream: Match schedule, start times, TV channel, and how to watch Day 1 online

The 2018 Australian Open, the first Grand Slam event of the year, is here. Last year’s runner-ups in both singles brackets, Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams, will be in action on the tournament’s first day. Roger Federer, the winner from 2017, will be playing on Day 2, while Serena Williams, the women’s winner, is not participating in the event.

Play for the opening day begins on Sunday evening in the United States, which translates to bright and early in the morning from Melbourne. Play begins at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, with a television broadcast on ESPN2 (live streaming via WatchESPN), and will conclude around 7 a.m. on Monday.

Nadal, the top seed, has the easier quarter and half compared to Federer, the man who beat him in the final a year ago. His opener is against Victor Esterlla Burgos from Rod Laver Arena. Play on that court begins with a matchup between women’s No. 7 seed Jelena Ostapenko and Francesca Schiavone.

Williams will take on the extremely tough Belinda Bencic in her opener, which is the second match scheduled for the main court, with men’s No. 3 seed Grigor Dimitrov against an, at the time of writing, undetermined qualifier wrapping up the day sessions on that court. Nadal and Burgos will face off to kick off the night sessions, and Daria Gavrilova, the 23rd seed for the women, will face a qualifier if time permits.

From Margaret Court Arena, all of Sloane Stephens, Caroline Wozniacki, John Isner, and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will be in action on Day 1. Wozniacki is the biggest name there as the No. 2 seed, and she’ll be against Mihaela Buzarnescu. Isner, the men’s No. 16 seed, will open against Matthew Ebden.

As far as locals are concerned, Nick Kyrgios is the best shot for Australia. He will be playing on the opening day against Rogerio Dutra Silva. Kyrgios is the 17th seed for the men.

Marin Cilic, Jack Sock, CoCo Vandeweghe, and Elina Svitolina will all also be playing on Sunday. Svitolina will face an undetermined qualifier and is a very popular pick to win the tournament on the women’s side. She is the fourth seed in that bracket.

Below is all you need to know to follow the Australian Open action on Sunday.

Date: Jan. 14, 2018

Location: Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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

TV: ESPN2

Online Streaming: WatchESPN

All Times Eastern

No. 1 Rafael Nadal vs. Victor Estrella Burgos
No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov vs. Dennis Novak
No. 6 Marin Cilic vs. Yen Hsun Lu
No. 8 Jack Sock vs. Yuichi Sugita
No. 10 Pablo Carreno Busta vs. Jason Kubler
No. 11 Kevin Anderson vs. Kyle Edmund
No. 15 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga vs. Kevin King
No. 16 John Isnger vs. Matthew Ebden
No. 17 Nick Kyrgios vs. Rogerio Dutra Silva
No. 18 Lucas Pouille vs. Ruben Bemelmans
No. 23 Gilles Muller vs. Federico Delbonis
No. 24 Diego Schwartzman vs. Dusan Lajovic
No. 27 Philipp Kohlschreiber vs. Yoshihito Nishioka
No. 28 Damir Dzumhur vs. Paolo Lorenzi
No. 30 Andrey Rublev vs. David Ferrer
No. 31 Pablo Cuevas vs. Mikhail Youzhny

No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki vs. Mihaela Buzamescu
No. 4 Elina Svitolina vs. Ivana Jorovic
No. 5 Venus Williams vs. Belinda Bencic
No. 7 Jelena Ostapenko vs. Francesca Schiavone
No. 10 CoCo Vandeweghe vs. Timea Babos
No. 12 Julia Goerges vs. Sofia Kenin
No. 13 Sloane Stephens vs. Shuai Zhang
No. 15 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs. Kateryna Kozlova
No. 19 Magdalena Rybarikova vs. Taylor Townsend
No. 22 Daria Kasatkina vs. Anna Karolina Schmiedlova
No. 23 Daria Gavrilova vs. Irina Falconi
No. 24 Dominika Cibulkova vs. Kaia Kanepi
No. 25 Shuai Peng vs. Marta Kostyuk
No. 30 Kiki Bertens vs. Catherine Bellis
No. 31 Ekaterina Makarova vs. Irina Camelia Begu
No. 32 Anett Kontaveit vs. Aleksandra Krunic