Australian Open of Tennis: Day 2 Broadcast Schedule
World no. 2 Novak Djokovic starts his Australian Open campaign against Spaniard Fernando Verdasco Tuesday 7pm AEDT LIVE on Channel 7 and the 7Tennis app.
Verdasco has beaten Djokovic in four of their 13 meetings and fought out a gallant three-set loss recently to the Serb in Qatar.
Also on Tuesday night, Daria ‘Dasha’ Gavrilova flies the Aussie flag against Great Britain’s Naomi Broady, having beaten the world no. 97 in their last clash in June 2016. During the day Aussie Sam Stosur also takes on a Brit, Heather Watson.
Djokovic gets his 2017 Australian Open campaign underway. Pic: Getty
Late afternoon 14-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal does battle with German Florian Mayer, while six-time Australian Open winner Serena Williamstakes on Swiss star Belinda Bencic.
On 7TWO Tuesday night from 7pm AEDT, 22-year-old Australian Chris O’Connell takes on Bulgarian 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov.
Big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic starts his Australian Open on Tuesday afternoon against German Dustin Brown.
Australians Jordan Thompson, Blake Mott, Alex Bolt, Lizette Cabrera, Andrew Whittington will also be in action on day two.
Seven will serve up the tennis on all platforms again allowing viewers to watch live anywhere, anytime, on any device.
In addition to live and exclusive match coverage on Channel 7, 7TWO and 7mate, fans will be able to watch more tennis than ever before with every tournament during the Summer of Tennis streamed live via the 7TENNIS app.
This exclusive coverage through the 7TENNIS app allows fans to:
· live stream all of Seven’s coverage of the Summer of Tennis from Channel 7, 7TWO and 7mate.
· the choice of up to 16 courts at the Australian Open.
· relive the best moments and highlights with curated video on demand.
So whether it’s on free-to-air TV, or 7Tennis, Seven will deliver the most comprehensive and compelling coverage of the Australian tennis summer ever seen.
TUESDAY 17 JANUARY
NIGHT televised feature matches to include:
VERDASCO, Fernando (ESP) vs DJOKOVIC, Novak (SRB) [2]
GAVRILOVA, Daria (AUS) [22] vs BROADY, Naomi (GBR)
DAY televised feature matches to include:
BENCIC, Belinda (SUI) vs WILLIAMS, Serena (USA) [2]
MAYER, Florian (GER) vs NADAL, Rafael (ESP) [9]
BROWN, Dustin (GER) vs RAONIC, Milos (CAN) [3]
WATSON, Heather (GBR) vs STOSUR, Samantha (AUS) [18]
BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
Australian Open - Day 2
Sydney 10.30am LIVE on Channel 7 and 7TWO, 6pm LIVE on 7mate
Melbourne 10.30am LIVE on Channel 7 and 7TWO, 6pm LIVE on 7mate
Brisbane 9.30am LIVE on Channel 7 and 7TWO, 6pm LIVE on 7mate
Adelaide 10am LIVE on Channel 7 and 7TWO, 6pm LIVE on 7mate
Perth 7.30am LIVE on 7TWO and 7mate, 9am LIVE on Channel 7
Australian Open - Night 2
Sydney 7pm LIVE on Channel 7, 6pm LIVE on 7TWO
Melbourne 7pm LIVE on Channel 7, 6pm LIVE on 7TWO
Brisbane 7pm LIVE on Channel 7, 6pm LIVE on 7TWO
Adelaide 7pm LIVE on Channel 7, 6pm LIVE on 7TWO
Perth 7pm LIVE on Channel 7, 6pm LIVE on 7TWO, 6pm LIVE on 7mate
Australian Open – Highlights
Sydney 9am LIVE on Channel 7
Melbourne 9am LIVE on Channel 7
Brisbane 8am LIVE on 7TWO, 9am LIVE on Channel 7
Adelaid 8.30am LIVE on 7TWO, 9am LIVE on Channel 7
Perth 6am LIVE on 7mate