The eyes of the world will be on Melbourne from today when the world’s best tennis players battle it out in the Australian Open 2021.

Not only will it be the first Grand Slam of the year, but also the first global sporting event with crowds contested anywhere in the world for many months.

From today until Sunday, February 21, the tournament’s best matches and biggest moments will be broadcast live and free on Nine and 9Gem.

And on 9Now, our free video-on-demand service, viewers will be able to watch every point of every match on every court, ensuring Australians get the best tennis experience available, anytime, anywhere, on a device of their choosing.

On Nine, your hosts will be James Bracey, Rebecca Maddern and Tony Jones, while over on 9Gem, Alicia Loxley, Seb Costello and Sam McClure will host our broadcast.

Commentating throughout the tournament will be Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, Lleyton Hewitt, Jelena Dokic, Sam Smith, Alicia Molik, Dylan Alcott, Sam Groth, Casey Dellacqua and Tom Rehn.

Further off-court reporting will be provided by Clint Stanaway, Lauren Phillips, Madeline Slattery, Shane Crawford and Danika Mason.

TODAY ON NINE & 9GEM

DAY SESSION
Starts 11.00am AEDT

CORENTIN MOUTET (FRA) v JOHN MILLMAN (AUS)
ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS) v NAOMI OSAKA (JPN) [3]
ALEX BOLT (AUS) v NORBERT GOMBOS (SVK)
LAURA SIEGEMUND (GER) v SERENA WILLIAMS (USA) [10]
MISAKI DOI (JPN) v AJLA TOMLJANOVIC (AUS)
DOMINIC THIEM (AUT) [3] v MIKHAIL KUKUSHKIN (KAZ)
MARCOS GIRON (USA) v ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) [6]
AYRNA SABALENKA (BLR) [7] v VIKTORIA KUZMOVA (SVK)

NIGHT SESSION
Starts 7.00pm AEDT

FREDERICO FERREIRA SILVA (POR) v NICK KYRGIOS (AUS)
LIZETTE CABRERA (AUS) v SIMONA HALEP (ROU) [2]
DENNIS SHAPOVALOV (CAN) [11] v JANNIK SINNER (ITA)
NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) [1] v JEREMY CHARDY (FRA)

Monday, February 08, 2021