Australian Open schedule and UK start times: Order of play for Sunday January 26

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George Flood25 January 2020

The order of play for Sunday January 26 has been announced for the 2020 Australian Open.

Women's seventh seed Petra Kvitova kicks off the action at Rod Laver Arena against Maria Sakkari, before Novak Djokovic resumes his quest for a 17th Grand Slam title against Diego Schwartzman.

Ashleigh Barty and Roger Federer follow in the evening session, while at the Melbourne Arena teenage sensation Cori Gauff - who ousted defending champion Naomi Osaka on Friday - meets fellow American Sofia Kenin.

Here’s the full Australian Open schedule for Sunday 26th January (with UK start times)

Rod Laver Arena

Not before 1am: (22) Maria Sakkari (Gre) v (7) Petra Kvitova (Cze),

Not before 3am: (14) Diego Sebastian Schwartzman (Arg) v (2) Novak Djokovic (Ser)

From 8am: (1) Ashleigh Barty (Aus) v (18) Alison Riske (USA), Marton Fucsovics (Hun) v (3) Roger Federer (Swi)

Margaret Court Arena

From midnight: (1) Su-Wei Hsieh (Tpe) & Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) v Darija Jurak (Cro) & Nina Stojanovic (Ser)

Not before 2am: (32) Milos Raonic (Can) v Marin Cilic (Cro), Ons Jabeur (Tun) v (27) Qiang Wang (Chn), (13) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA) v Juan Sebastian Cabal (Col) & Jaume Munar (Spa)

1573 Arena

From midnight: (5) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Nikola Mektic (Cro) v Kveta Peschke (Cze) & Wesley Koolhof (Ned)

Not before 3am: Hayley Carter (USA) & Luisa Stefani (Bra) v (6) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Jelena Ostapenko (Lat), (1) Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) & Daniel Melo (Bra) v Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Jamie Murray (Gbr), Storm Sanders (Aus) & Marc Polmans (Aus) v Jelena Ostapenko (Lat) & Leander Paes (Ind)

Melbourne Arena

Not before 1:30am: Alexander Bublik (Kaz) & Mikhail Kukushkin (Kaz) v Steve Johnson (USA) & Sam Querrey (USA), Cori Gauff (USA) v (14) Sofia Kenin (USA), Tennys Sandgren (USA) v (12) Fabio Fognini (Ita)

Court 3

Midnight: (10) Ante Pavic (Cro) & Bruno Soares (Bra) v James Duckworth (Aus) & Marc Polmans (Aus), Max Purcell (Aus) & Luke Saville (Aus) v Andres Molteni (Arg) & Hugo Nys (Mon), (7) John Peers (Aus) & Michael Venus (Nzl) v Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & Jonny O'Mara (Gbr), Jessica Moore (Aus) & Matthew Ebden (Aus) v Darija Jurak (Cro) & Fabrice Martin (Fra)

Court 8

2am: (15) Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) & Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) v Zarina Diyas (Kaz) & Elena Rybakina (Kaz), Nicole Melichar (USA) & Bruno Soares (Bra) v Nadiia Kichenok (Ukr) & Rohan Bopanna (Ind), Viktoria Kuzmova (Svk) & Filip Polasek (Svk) v (7) Samantha Stosur (Aus) & Jean-Julien Rojer (Ned)

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