Swiatek, in search of a first title at the Australian Open where she has never done better than a semi-final (in 2022), will find the opponent who had then soundly beaten her, the American Danielle Collins. Distrust will therefore be in place in the Polish clan even if her 30-year-old opponent, former world No.7 who has fallen to 62nd place, is not in the best of form. For his part, Carlos Alcaraz will also be on his side against the Italian Lorenzo Sonego. The latter, 46th in the world, in fact dominated him during their only clash on the circuit so far, in Cincinnati in 2021. World number 3, the Russian Daniil Medvedev will be the big favorite ahead of the Finnish Emil Ruusuvuori, just like the N .3. world, the Kazakh Elena Rybakina, opposed to the Russian Anna Blinkova.
The program of the main matches on Thursday (from 11 a.m. local, 1 a.m. in Paris):
Rod Laver Arena (from 12h, 2h in France) Iga Swiatek (POL/N.1) – Danielle Collins (USA) Carlos Alcaraz (ESP/N.2) – Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) (from 19h local) , 9 h) Elena Rybakina (KAZ/N.3) – Anna Blinkova (RUS) Daniil Medvedev (RUS/N.3) – Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN)
Margaret Court Arena (from 12 p.m., 2 a.m. in France)Casper Ruud (NOR/N.11) – Max Purcell (AUS)Jessica Pegula (USA/N.5) – Clara Burel (FRA)(from 7 p.m., 9 a.m. in France)Holger Rune (DEN/N.8) – Arthur Cazaux (FRA/wc)Victoria Azarenka (BLR/N.18) – Clara Tauson (DEN)
John Cain ArenaAlexander Zverev (GER/N.6) – Lukas Klein (SVK/q)Daria Kasatkina (RUS/N.14) – Sloane Stephens (USA) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) – Jelena Ostapenko (LET/N.11) – Ajla Tomljanovic (AUS)
