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The Australian Open quarter-finals begin, with the opening grand slam of the season bursting with storylines as the second week of the tournament gets underway.
Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka return as defending champions and both World No 1s remain the favourites to defend their titles.
But the challengers will be up for the fight, as Carlos Alcaraz prepares for his first attempt at completing the career grand slam.
Much will be made of Novak Djokovic’s new partnership with Andy Murray, but the 10-time Australian Open champion faces a difficult draw as he is only seeded 7th for the tournament.
Djokovic’s match against Alcaraz is the pick of the quarter-final ties, in a heavyweight rematch of last summer’s epic Olympics final in Paris.
Here’s all you need to know.
Where can I watch the Australian Open?
In the UK, the Australian Open will be broadcast live on Eurosport. Subscribers can also stream the action online on the Eurosport website or with the discovery+ app.
The tournament takes place every day from midnight UK time each day on the outside courts and 1am on the show courts, while night sessions will start at 8am.
What are the Australian Open quarter-finals?
Men’s singles
[1] Jannik Sinner vs Alex de Minaur [8]Lorenzo Sonego vs Ben Shelton [21]
[7] Novak Djokovic vs Carlos Alcaraz [3] [12] Tommy Paul vs Alexander Zverev [2]Women’s singles
[1] Aryna Sabalenka vs [27] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [3] Coco Gauff vs [11] Paula Badosa [19] Maddison Keys vs [28] Elina Svitolina [8] Emma Navarro vs [2] Iga SwiatekWe may earn commission from some of the links in this article, but we never allow this to influence our content. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent.
