AUSTRALIAN OPEN - 18th Jan - 1st Feb 2026

[cazza99]

Australian Open 2026.

Qualies have started. Results for 1st day here. h ttps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c62w60e71g9o

Katie Boulter has not had to play qualifying as she is now in the main draw due to withdrawals.

[Sallydaisy]

Arthur Fery won his QR1 match. British losers were Dan Evans, Ollie Crawford and Jay Clarke.

[cazza99]

Arthur Fery won his second qualifying round and plays Prizmic in the next round at midnight tonight court 15.

George Loffhagen won his qualifying second round also and plays Basavereddy at midnight tonight court 17.

[Sallydaisy]

Arthur won, George lost.

[Jane]

Thanks Sally.

[cazza99]

The draw is out.

h ttps://ausopen.com/draws


From the BBC

Raducanu will face Thailand's Mananchaya Sawangkaew in her opening match.

Katie Boulter, now ranked outside the world's top 100, moved into the main draw after several withdrawals and takes on in-form Swiss 10th seed Belinda Bencic.

Sonay Kartal faces 31st seed Anna Kalinskaya, while Francesca Jones takes on Polish qualifier Linda Klimovicova.

Cameron Norrie, the 26th seed, opens against France's Benjamin Bonzi, while Jacob Fearnley plays Poland's Kamil Majchrzak.

Qualifier Arthur Fery, making his first overseas Grand Slam appearance, will face Italian 20th seed Flavio Cobolli.

[cazza99]

oop for Sunday - h ttps://ausopen.com/schedule#!43225

Emma Raducanu, Arthur Fery and Cameron Norrie are all playing.

[Genbrit]

Thanks Cazza. For some reason I wasn't expecting it to start until Monday.

[clancy]

I wasn't expecting it to start until tomorrow either! What UK time do they get under way?

[cazza99]

Feel a bit sorry for Emma as she wasn't able to get to Melbourne until Saturday as she was in the quarters elsewhere. So she has not had enough time to adapt. She is also second night match after a men's five setter so it could be a very late start for her. But that is good for us as we can watch on Sunday morning.

[Stell]

I watched the opening ceremony on the YouTube channel, today. It felt like the opening ceremony of the Olympics, but without the razzmatazz. It was good that they showed the doubles match (Roger Federer, Andre Agassi, Lleyton Hewitt, Pat Rafter and Ash Barty) in full.

[cazza99]

Has anyone worked out how to get "courtside" on TNT sports/discovery plus with the -presenters such as Laura Robson etc. I am watching on a Firestick/Discovery Plus.

[cazza99]

Wins for Aurthur Fery, Cameron Norrie and Emma Raducanu on the 1st day.



oop for Monday - h ttps://ausopen.com/schedule#!43226

Jacob Fearnley 3rd on Court 12.

Francesca Jones 2nd on Court 15.

[Sallydaisy]

Fran Jones out with injury.
ht tps://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/c1kl0z9e27go

Fearnley lost 1-3 but it was a very tight match with the Pole winning 3 tie-break sets.

[Sallydaisy]

Bencic d Katie Boulter 6'0, 7'5
Kalinskaya d Kartal 7'6(3), 6'1

WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE - all times UK
Fery is up against Etcheverry, scheduled for 01.30
Raducanu plays Potapova around 03.30am UK time.
Norrie takes on Nava, 05.00 approx.

[Sallydaisy]

Fery and Raducanu lost.

Norrie is 2-1 up and into a TB for the 4th set.

[Sallydaisy]

Norrie got the win and is into R3. Last Brit standing in the main draw for singles events.

[Hawkeye]

And he's got Zverev next...

[Jane]

Hope that will be an evening match.

[cazza99]

Yep, Cameron vs Zverev last match on John Cain arena not before 7.30 am UK time.

Hopefully there will be a lot of support for Cam on that court.

schedule for Friday - 3rd round h ttps://ausopen.com/schedule#!43230

[Sallydaisy]

Norrie v Zverev started about 40mins ago. Seems to be going with serve, 5-5 with Norrie next serving.

[Hawkeye]

Jinx! First set to Zverev, 7-5.

Cash and Glasspool lost in the doubles...

[Sallydaisy]

Skupski/Harrison through to R3 with a 2-0 win.
That's bad for Cash/Glasspool who were the #1 seeds - bet the Aussie WCs had the crowd going nuts with that win.

[Sallydaisy]

Norrie took the 2nd set so it's 1-1.
Still a chance for the Brit ...

[Sallydaisy]

Mixed fortunes in the Mixed Doubles ...

Glasspool/Mikhailova d Kubler/Inglis (OZ)
:thumbup:

Skupski/Krawczyk lost to Kyrgios/Fernandez
:facepalm:

[Sallydaisy]

Zverev won 7'5, 4'6, 6'3, 6'1.
:sad:

[cazza99]

Schedule for Saturday - h ttps://ausopen.com/schedule#!43231

The schedule says there is an early start at 11.30 tonight UK time due to high temperature. Looks like it is across all 6 show courts. The other courts start at 11. pm

[JAMES4578]

pity with all the Brits out of the singles, Cameron competed well for a while against Zverev but could not sustain it. Not any big upsets this far though Tien was a convincing winner over Medvedev. Skupski/Harrison in the quarters of the Men's Doubles but the top 2 seeds are out.

[cazza99]

It was 45C today at the Ozzy Open. 2nd hottest temperature at the tournament ever I think.

[JAMES4578]

yes,very tough for the players.

[Sallydaisy]

Djokovic got lucky again.

After a w/o in his previous match he's now into the Semi-Final despite looking down and out!
Musetti romped through the first 2 sets taking them 6'4, 6'3.
Djoko had the trainer on at the end of set 2 and it was clear he was in discomfort from a massive blister.

In the Semi's Djoko will face the winner of Sinner v Shelton, due to start soon.

But Musetti then had a problem which the trainer couldn't resolve and the Italian retired at 1-3 in the 3rd set.

[Stell]

Good to see Johnson and Zielinski and Harrison and Skupski make the men's semi finals. Hopefully, we might get at least one Brit in the final.

[Stell]

Well done to Harrison and Skupski on making the final. I heard Ryan Harrison say, on radio five live recently, he reckoned our male doubles players are the best in the world and Christian was so delighted to team up with Neal Skupski. Shame Johnson and Zielinksi didn't make the final, but they must be proud of getting to the semis.

[Sallydaisy]

Sabalenka into the AO Final with a straightforward win over Svitolina, 6'2, 6'3

[cazza99]

Sabalenka vs Rybakina in the women's AO final

[Sallydaisy]

Alcaraz d Zverev in a very long 5-setter - dramatic match! Now the record for the longest SF at the AO.
Zverev served for it in the 5th set at 5*-3 but too tentative and the Spaniard finally got the upper hand.

[JAMES4578]

Yes great for Skupski/Harrison and hoping Rybakina can turn the tables on Sabalenka this time.

only seen the 5th set of Alcaraz/zverev (but will catch up later), whilst happy Carlos came through a biter blow for Sascha.

[cazza99]

Yes, Alcaraz vs Zverev this morning was a cracker. I only saw the last set as I woke up late. But entertaining.

[Sallydaisy]

Wowzer! Djokovic is into his 11th AO Final after beating Sinner in another 5-set Semi-Final today.

[suttontennis]

as much as I dislike Novak's personality on court ( violin playing, shirt ripping, getting annoyed at the slightest thing, trying to hit the nearest line judge or ball kid, although he's no worse i suppose than the rest of them), that is an amazing victory, and i wish him every success in the final. If he wins, hopefully he'll retire

[cazza99]

"If he wins, hopefully he will retire". lol

[JAMES4578]

Djokovic was in the zone though a few more errors from Sinner, personally hoping he does not take the title .Not sure he would retire at this point but obviously near the end of his career.

[Stell]

Congratulations to Harrison and Skupski on winning their first Grand Slam as a pairing.

[Sallydaisy]

Rybakina takes the AO title beating Sabalenka 6'4, 4'6, 6'4.

[JAMES4578]

Superb from skupski/Harrison, well done!

It was interesting between Rybakina/Sabalenka, looked like Aryna had gained control at 3-0 in the 3rd but fabulous display from Elena to turn it around,great stuff!

[Sallydaisy]

Alcaraz took the AO title and completed the career Grand Slam at age 22.

[Jane]

:yahoo::yahoo:Well done Carlos!!

[cazza99]

Well done Carlos :clap:

[Speedy Hawk]

Well done Carlos! Amazing end result!

[Genbrit]

Congrats Carlos. :thumbup:

[JAMES4578]

A bit late but yes I was very happy for Carlos, great performance and overall achievement :swingin::swingin:

Djokovic started very well but Alcaraz responded magnificently. Mind you he did have to save bp at 4 all in the 4th, had that gone the other way possibly would have gone the distance.