by ti-amie Day 1 Order of Play

Rod Laver Arena
Day session - From 7:30pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 1
A. Sasnovich Q vs J. Paolini 7
Men's Singles • Round 1
A. Zverev 3 vs G. Diallo

Night session - From 3:00am EST

Women's Singles • Round 1
A. Sabalenka 1 vs T. Rakotomanga Rajaonah WC
Men's Singles • Round 1
C. Alcaraz 1 vs A. Walton

Margaret Court Arena
Day session - From 7:30pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 1
M. Sakkari vs L. Jeanjean
Men's Singles • Round 1
F. Cerundolo 18 vs Z. Zhang
Night session - From 3:00am EST
Men's Singles • Round 1
A. Bublik 10 vs J. Brooksby
Women's Singles • Round 1
M. Sawangkaew vs E. Raducanu 28

John Cain Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Men's Singles • Round 1
A. Fery Q vs F. Cobolli 20
Day session - Not before 9:30pm EST
Women's Singles • Round 1
E. Svitolina 12 vs C. Bucsa
Day session - Not before 1:00am EST
Men's Singles • Round 1
F. Tiafoe 29 vs J. Kubler Q
Women's Singles • Round 1
O. Danilovic vs V. Williams WC

Kia Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 1
T. Gibson WC vs A. Blinkova
Men's Singles • Round 1
T. Schoolkate vs C. Moutet 32
Day session - Not before 11:30pm EST
Men's Singles • Round 1
M. Zheng Q vs S. Korda
Women's Singles • Round 1
A. Pavlyuchenkova vs Z. Bai Q

1573 Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Men's Singles • Round 1
M. Kecmanovic vs T. Etcheverry
Women's Singles • Round 1
E. Alexandrova 11 vs Z. Sonmez Q
Men's Singles • Round 1
B. Bonzi vs C. Norrie 26

ANZ Arena
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 1
D. Yastremska 26 vs E. Ruse
Women's Singles • Round 1
E. Jacquemot vs M. Kostyuk 20
Men's Singles • Round 1
C. Ugo Carabelli vs M. Fucsovics
Women's Singles • Round 1
S. Lamens vs A. Potapova

Court 6
Day session - From 7:00pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 1
Y. Putintseva vs B. Haddad Maia
Men's Singles • Round 1
E. Nava vs K. Jacquet WC
Men's Singles • Round 1
Y. Hanfmann vs Z. Svajda Q

Court 7
Day session - From 10:00pm EST

Men's Singles • Round 1
P. Kypson WC vs F. Comesana
Women's Singles • Round 1
P. Kudermetova vs G. Maristany Zuleta De Reales Q

Court 8
Day session - From 9:00pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 1
C. McNally vs H. Sakatsume Q
Men's Singles • Round 1
L. Draxl Q vs D. Dzumhur

Court 13
Day session - From 10:00pm EST

Women's Singles • Round 1
H. Baptiste vs M. Vondrousova 32
Men's Singles • Round 1
A. Cazaux vs J. Faria Q

Please note: this schedule and format is provisional and is subject to alteration without notice (for example, the starting time may change if extreme heat is forecast or the tournament is behind schedule).

For the night session, Rod Laver Arena and Margaret Court Arena doors will not be opened for patron access before 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm sessions, and 7:00 pm for 7:30 pm sessions, or less than 30 minutes after the conclusion of the day session, whichever is later.

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by ashkor87 watched a couple of matches - court looks medium to fast - Yastremska was struggling with the pace.. this is, of course, what the AO is expected to be. Players who will thrive in these conditions - Paolini, DeMinaur, Paul, Pegula, Coco, Mboko, Andreeva. Those who will not - Anisimova, Pavlyuchenkova, even Rybakina when her serve gets returned..

by meganfernandez I'm over in the Served Substack moderating a live chat if anyone wants to pull double duty betwen here and there!
https://substack.com/chat/4229251/post/ ... f91367d19e

by meganfernandez Cobolli about to go out in straights to Arthur Fery. Cobolli has had the trainer out several times for, um, gastrointestinal distress.

by jazzyg Cobolli was my survivor pick, running my streak of first-day losses to three dating to the U.S. Open.

But Sakkari, at least, ended the streak.

by ti-amie Diallo took the first set 7-6(1) from Zverev but Zverev is up 3-0 second set.

Svitolina serving for the first set vs Bucsa.

by meganfernandez

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:36 am Diallo took the first set 7-6(1) from Zverev but Zverev is up 3-0 second set.

Svitolina serving for the first set vs Bucsa.

Diallo lost the plot. Bagel second set. Let't see if he can get it back on track.

Baptiste and Townsend is pretty good.

by ponchi101 As always, the first few days of a slam I only get to see Argies playing, because ESPN LA will show nothing more.

by meganfernandez

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 4:20 am As always, the first few days of a slam I only get to see Argies playing, because ESPN LA will show nothing more.

Are you complaining that you had to watch Etcheverry-Kecmanovic?

US fans are pissed because they can't watch show courts without ESPN Unlimited, which is $30/month.

by ponchi101 Actually, yes. I am complaining.
Because the other option is Comesaña/Kypson. From a low angle camera.

by meganfernandez

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 4:38 am Actually, yes. I am complaining.
Because the other option is Comesaña/Kypson. From a low angle camera.

Cerundolo?

by ashkor87 Shocking defeats - Kostyuk and Alexandrova, also Yastremska... will have to watch carefully to understand what happened..

by ashkor87 I did watch the Yastremska match, she seemed unable to cope with the speed of the court. Kostyuk seems to have rolled her ankle during the match.. Alexandrova, I dont know.. I hear the crowd got into the act, maybe she doesnt know how to handle such things

by ponchi101 Why would Yastremska's loss be shocking? Ruse is ranked 77, and a veteran. Just one of those days.

by Suliso Kostyuk looked really good just a week ago, though.

by ponchi101 She gave a lot of points in AMITS. And now...
That is the reason she has never been tops. She has so many of this "what happened?" losses.

by jazzyg Ruse improved to 4-0 against Yastremska in her "shocking" win.

I watched the end of Kostyuk's match. Both players were in terrible form. She rallied from a deficit in match tiebreak to get to 7-all, then dumped the next three points in ugly fashion.

by dryrunguy I had never seen Jacquemot before. Her serve was a wild watch, especially in the tight moments. At first, I decided she had a few hitches in her motion. And then I decided she had hitches AND a penchant for chasing her toss--wherever it was, and I mean WHEREVER IT WAS. She needs to be enrolled in Venus' 5-minute "How to Catch Your Toss--And Why You Should" clinic. Hard to watch.

But in spite of that and the occasional double fault at really bad times, she ended up getting some really funky action on some of these accidental serves that were brutal for Kostyuk to handle--the kind of funk a rightly shouldn't be able to pull off. Shades of Dementieva serving to Lindsay. Yeah, hard to watch. But she persevered in the ground game, and that ended up being the difference.

by mick1303 Brooksby is a tricky player: strong mentally, has a wide variety of patterns, good anticipation. He generally plays quite clean and close to the lines. But Bublik just does the same a bit better (except mental part) plus has more power. And nowadays you can't even fault Bublik regarding his mental disposition - so far he holds well this year.

by ti-amie

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:56 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:36 am Diallo took the first set 7-6(1) from Zverev but Zverev is up 3-0 second set.

Svitolina serving for the first set vs Bucsa.

Diallo lost the plot. Bagel second set. Let't see if he can get it back on track.

Baptiste and Townsend is pretty good.

Baptiste vs Townsend was a good match. Baptiste plays a very subtle crafty game while Townsend is all about power. In the end Baptiste won.

by meganfernandez

ponchi101 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 2:31 pm Why would Yastremska's loss be shocking? Ruse is ranked 77, and a veteran. Just one of those days.

Ruse was also 3-0 vs Yastremska before yesterday.

by meganfernandez

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 11:52 pm

meganfernandez wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:56 am

ti-amie wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:36 am Diallo took the first set 7-6(1) from Zverev but Zverev is up 3-0 second set.

Svitolina serving for the first set vs Bucsa.

Diallo lost the plot. Bagel second set. Let't see if he can get it back on track.

Baptiste and Townsend is pretty good.

Baptiste vs Townsend was a good match. Baptiste plays a very subtle crafty game while Townsend is all about power. In the end Baptiste won.

I watched it off and on, and it was fantastic.

by meganfernandez

dryrunguy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 3:57 pm I had never seen Jacquemot before. Her serve was a wild watch, especially in the tight moments. At first, I decided she had a few hitches in her motion. And then I decided she had hitches AND a penchant for chasing her toss--wherever it was, and I mean WHEREVER IT WAS. She needs to be enrolled in Venus' 5-minute "How to Catch Your Toss--And Why You Should" clinic. Hard to watch.

But in spite of that and the occasional double fault at really bad times, she ended up getting some really funky action on some of these accidental serves that were brutal for Kostyuk to handle--the kind of funk a rightly shouldn't be able to pull off. Shades of Dementieva serving to Lindsay. Yeah, hard to watch. But she persevered in the ground game, and that ended up being the difference.

I've never seen Jacquemot play. She was very salty!

by ponchi101

mick1303 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 18, 2026 9:45 pm Brooksby is a tricky player: strong mentally, has a wide variety of patterns, good anticipation. He generally plays quite clean and close to the lines. But Bublik just does the same a bit better (except mental part) plus has more power. And nowadays you can't even fault Bublik regarding his mental disposition - so far he holds well this year.

Bublik's current approach when he is playing is completely different. He no longer wants to just hit the one spectacular shot of the match; he is playing to win.
As I said. He is the one player that I believe can beat one of the top two.

by Jennede wrong day