The year’s first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, is here. Over 60 of the world’s best tennis players competing at Melbourne Park. However, the world’s top-ranked men’s tennis player, Novak Djokovic, isn’t among them.
The tennis star, and No. 1 seed at the Aussie Open, lost his appeal with the Australian government on Sunday morning regarding an earlier ruling to cancel his visa. As a result, Djokovic was forced to leave the country after a three-judge panel ruled in favor of the Australian government. In addition, there’s still a possibility that the Australian government could hand Djokovic a three-year ban from entering the country.
It was stated that Djokovic being unvaccinated would be a risk to public health in Australia and “may be counterproductive to efforts at vaccination by other in Australia.”
Djokovic has previously won the Australian Open nine times and was in search of his 21st career Grand Slam title. The 34-year old is currently tied with Rafael Nadal, who is competing in the 2022 Australian Open, and Roger Federer for the most Grand Slam titles in the history of the sport.
Last year’s women’s champion, Naomi Osaka, will defend her Australian Open title as a No. 13 seed. World No. 1 — and Australia’s own Ash Barty is favored to win the women’s singles title this year.
Key players who won’t be competing in the 2022 Australian Open include Serena Williams, Dominic Thiem, Roger Federer, Milos Raonic, Kei Nishikori and Stan Wawrinka.
Here’s everything you need to know about the 2022 Australian Open, beginning with the upcoming schedule and important results:
Notable men’s second round results
- No. 3 Alexander Zverev beat John Millman (6-4, 6-4, 6-0)
- Adrian Mannarino beat No. 10 Hubert Hurkacz (6-4, 6-2, 6-3)
- No. 6 Rafael Nadal beat Yannick Hanfmann (6-2, 6-3, 6-4)
- No. 7 Matteo Berrettini beat Stefan Kozlov (6-1, 4-6, 6-4, 6-1)
- No. 14 Denis Shapovalov beat Kwon Soon-woo (7-6, 6-7, 6-7, 7-5, 6-2)
- Steve Johnson beat No. 11 Jannik Sinner (6-2, 6-4, 6-3)
- No. 2 Daniil Medvedev beat Nick Kyrgios (7-6, (7-1), 6-4, 4-6, 6-2)
- Taro Daniel beat Andy Murray (6-4, 6-4, 6-4)
Notable women’s second round results
- No. 1 Ashleigh Barty beat Lucia Bronzetti (6-1, 6-1)
- No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka beat Storm Sanders (5-7, 6-3, 6-2)
- No. 4 Barbora Krejcikova beat Xiyu Wang (6-2, 6-3)
- No. 5 Maria Sakkari beat Qinwen Zheng (6-1, 6-4)
- No. 8 Paula Badosa beat Martina Trevisan (6-0, 6-3)
- No. 15 Elina Svitolina beat Harmony Tan (6-3, 5-7, 5-1)
- No. 14 Simona Halep beat Beatriz Haddad Maia (6-2, 6-0)
- Zhang Shai beat No. 12 Elena Rybakina (6-1, 4-0)
- Danka Kovinic beat No. 17 Emma Raducanu (6-4, 4-6, 6-3)
Upcoming men’s matches
All games are scheduled for Thursday (ET)
- No. 23 Reilly Opelka vs. No. 14 Denis Shapovalov, 9:30 p.m.
- No. 31 Carlos Alcaraz Garfia vs. No. 7 Matteo Berrettini, 9:30 p.m.
Upcoming women’s matches
All games are scheduled for Thursday (ET)
- No. 24 Victoria Azarenka vs. No. 15 Elina Svitolina, 7 p.m.
- Marta Kostyuk vs. No. 8 Paula Badosa, 8:15 p.m.
- No. 4 Barbora Krejčíková vs. No. 26 Jelena Ostapenko, 8:15 p.m.
- No. 28 Veronika Kudermetova vs. No. 5 Maria Sakkari, 9 p.m.
How to watch the 2022 Australian Open
- Dates: Jan. 17-30
- Time: Varies
- Location: Melbourne, Australia
- TV: ESPN, Tennis Channel
- Stream: fuboTV (try for free)
