Day two of the 2023 Australian Open begins with on court action from 11.00am AEDT on Nine.

The Aussies are out in full force today, with Kimberly Birrell kicking off the day, followed by Jordan Thompson and Alexei Popyrin in their first round matches before Thanasi Kokkinakis goes up against Italian veteran Fabio Fognini to round out the day session. 

Lighting up the night session from 7.00pm, Alex De Minaur goes head-to-head against Taiwan’s Yu Hsiou Hsu. 

Novak Djokovic, nine-time Australian Open men’s champion making his return to Melbourne Park, headlines the night session against Roberto Carballes Baena of Spain. 

On Channel 9HD, the coverage will be hosted by James Bracey, Roz Kelly and Tony Jones, while on 9Gem, Nick McArdle, Emma Lawrence and Seb Costello will host Nine’s broadcast.

Commentary throughout the tournament will be provided by Jim Courier, Todd Woodbridge, Lleyton Hewitt, Jelena Dokic, Dylan Alcott, Casey Dellacqua, Sam Smith, Alicia Molik, Mark Philippoussis, Darren Cahill and Peter Psaltis.

Additional off-court reporting will come from Alicia Loxley, Matthew Pavlich, Clint Stanaway, Danika Mason and Madeline Slattery.

Throughout the duration of the tournament, Channel 9HD and 9GemHD will have the best matches and biggest moments live and free across 276 hours of tennis coverage.

9Now will provide every point of every match, at any time on the device of your choosing, in full HD, with the new start-over button allowing fans to watch from the start of each session.

DAY SESSION
Starts 11.00am AEDT
KIMBERLY BIRRELL (AUS) v KAIA KANEPI (EST) [31]
JORDAN THOMPSON (AUS) v J.J. WOLF (USA)
ALEXEI POPYRIN (AUS) v CHUN-HSIN TSENG (TPE)
THANASI KOKKINAKIS (AUS) v FABIO FOGNINI (ITA)
ANDREY RUBLEV [5] v DOMINIC THIEM (AUT)
HOLGER RUNE (DEN) [9] v FILIP KRAJINOVIC (SRB)

NIGHT SESSION
Starts 7.00pm AEDT
ALEX DE MINAUR (AUS) [22] v YU HSIOU HSU (TPE)
NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SRB) [4] v ROBERTO CARBALLES BAENA (ESP)
ONS JABEUR (TUN) [2] v TAMARA ZIDANSEK (SLO)
CASPER RUUD (NOR) [2] v TOMAS MACHAC (CZE)

Tuesday, January 17, 2023