The ten hour time difference between Melbourne and Central Europe causes headaches for fans of the Old Continent who want to follow the Open de Australia, with the different appeal of being the first Grand Slam of the season.
To do? Extend the day and go to bed later or get up early? A decision that must be combined with the different professional and family obligations.
For those who are most adept at tennis in general and this event in particular, the dilemma is raised. Wednesday’s program places Paula Badosa and Rafa Nadal in the Spanish dawn, at one and about four, respectively.
Badosa, with the reinforcement of his excellent 2020 course that has continued to open the present with the title in Sydney, will open the Rod Laver Arena at 11 in the morning in Melbourne, against the Italian Martina Trevisan, 28 years old, number 111 in the world and coming from the previous phase.
Match without precedent for the Catalan, 24 years old and number 6, who is dealing with the accumulated fatigue of her success in the final on Saturday against the Czech Barbora Krejcikova and the debut already on Monday at the Open against the Australian Ajla Tomljanovic.
He will then hand over the baton at the headquarters to the local heroine, No. 1 Ash Barty, who will face another Italian ‘qualy’ Lucia Bronzetti.
Nadal, 35 years old and number 5, will follow the development of one and another match out of the corner of his eye because he is in the third round of Rod Laver Arena, and they affect the preparation and start of his duel, also in the second round, against German Yannick Hanfmann, 30 years old and 126 of the ATP classification.
The Teuton overcame the qualifying round and the Australian Thanasi Kokkinakis (his first Grand Slam win) to face Rafa Nadal, his resounding executioner at Roland Garros in 2019: 6-2, 6-1 and 6-3. The Spaniard has accumulated four victories in Melbourne, the three that led him to the title of the previous ATP 250 tournament and the fourth with his resounding debut at the Open, defeating the American Marcos Giron 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.
Ahead, an early morning march with Paula Badosa and Rafa Nadal, among others, because there is much more. They will share that time slot with Sara Sorribes, Pablo Carreno and Carlos Alcaraz.
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PROGRAM WEDNESDAY 19
ROD LAVER ARENA
(01.00 hours)
Martina Trevisan (Ita) –Paula Badosa (Sp/8)
Ash Barty (Aus/1)-Lucia Bronzetti (Ital
Yannick Hanfmann (Ale) –Rafa Nadal (Sp/6)
(not before 09.00 hours)
Madison Brengle (USA)-Naomi Osaka (Jap/13)
Alexander Zverev (Ale/3)-John Millman (Aus)
MARGARET COURT ARENA
(01.00 hours)
Harmony Tan (Fra) -Elina Svitolina (Ucr / 15)
Soonwoo Kwon (CDS)-Denis Shapovalov (Can/14)
Barbora Krejcikova (Che/4)-Xiyu Wang (Chn)
(not before 09.00 hours)
Qinwen Zheng (Chn)-Maria Sakkari (Gre/5)
Gael Monfils (Fra / 17) -Alexander Bublik (Kaz)
JOHN CAIN ARENA
(01.00 hours)
Tereza Martincova (Che) -Camila Giorgi (Ita / 30)
(not before 03.00 hours)
Madison Keys (USA)-Jaqueline Cristian (Rum)
(not before 4:30 a.m.)
Stefan Kozlov (USA)-Matteo Berrettini (Ita/7)
Hubert Hurkacz (Pol / 10) -Adrian Mannarino (Fra)
KIA ARENA
(01.00 hours)
Victoria Azarenka (Blr/24) – Jil Teichmann (Sui)
Tallon Griekspoor (NED) –Pablo Carreno (Esp/19)
1573 ARENA
(01.00 hours)
Sara Sorribes (Esp / 32)-Marta Kostyuk (Ucr)
Bernarda Pera (USA) -Jessica Pegula (USA / 21)
Carlos Alcaraz (Esp/31)-Dusan Lajovic (Srb)
Pedro Martinez (Spa)-Cristian Garin (Chi/16)
TRACK 17
(01.00 hours / third shift)
Nuria Parrizas (Esp)-Maryna Zanevska (Bel)
