The last day of the third round of the Australian Open 2026 will take place this Saturday, January 24 in a day where temperatures of up to 41 degrees are expected. Therefore, the organization has decided to start the day a bit earlier. The Rod Laver arena will open with Madison Keys, the defending champion, against Karolina Pliskova at 10:30 in the morning in Melbourne, 0:30 at night in Spain. In the second match, Jannik Sinner and Eliot Spizzirri will appear not before 12:00 noon, 02:00 in the morning in Spain. While the night session will start with the match between Novak Djokovic and Botic Van de Zandschulp at 7:00 local time, 09:00 in the morning Spanish time. And the day will close on the central court, Naomi Osaka and Maddison Inglis.
In Margaret Court, there will also be great matches such as Ben Shelton - Valentin Vacherot, Anna Kalinskata - Iga Swiatek, or Casper Ruud - Marin Cilic. While the match between Stan Wawrinka and Taylor Fritz, or Lorenzo Musetti - Tomas Machac, will take place in the John Cain Arena.
Australian Open Order of play - Saturday, January 24, 2026 pic.twitter.com/zEFdbz27EM
— Tennis Schedules (@SchedulesTennis) January 23, 2026
This news is an automatic translation. You can read the original news, Orden de juego sábado 24 de enero en Open de Australia: Sinner, de día; Djokovic, de noche

