Australian Open: Zverev and Sabalenka headline Sunday's action

Le 09/01/2025 à 18h25 par Jules Hypolite

Australian Open: Zverev and Sabalenka headline Sunday's action

The Australian Open now plays its first round on three different days, as does the French Open.

However, it's well known that star players don't necessarily like to start on a Sunday, and often prefer to play their first match on Monday or Tuesday.

To kick off this 2025 edition in Melbourne, 32 matches will be played on Sunday, including the match between Alexander Zverev (No.2 seed) and Lucas Pouille, and the debut of world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka against Sloane Stephens.

Ruud - Munar, Humbert - Gigante, Virtanen - Fils and Nishikori - Monteiro are the matches to watch on the men's side. On the women's side, Bouzkova - Andreeva, Badosa - Wang and Parry - Vekic will all be in action.

You can see the full list of matches to be played on Sunday below.

Pouille, Lucas [WC]

4

Zverev, Alexander [2]

6

Sabalenka, Aryna [1]

6

Stephens, Sloane

3

2

Ruud, Casper [6]

6

1

7

2

6

Munar, Jaume

3

6

5

6

1

Virtanen, Otto

6

4

Fils, Arthur [20]

3

7

6

Bouzkova, Marie

3

Andreeva, Mirra [14]

6

Badosa, Paula [11]

6

7

Wang, Xinyu

3

6

Parry, Diane

4

Vekic, Donna [18]

6

Alexander Zverev

2e, 8135 points

Aryna Sabalenka

1e, 8956 points

Lucas Pouille

93e, 632 points

Sloane Stephens

101e, 731 points

Casper Ruud

5e, 4480 points

Jaume Munar

53e, 1032 points

Ugo Humbert

17e, 2625 points

Matteo Gigante

153e, 368 points

Arthur Fils

19e, 2355 points

Otto Virtanen

98e, 614 points

Kei Nishikori

71e, 793 points

Thiago Monteiro

100e, 594 points

Mirra Andreeva

15e, 2665 points

Marie Bouzkova

45e, 1262 points

Paula Badosa

10e, 3588 points

Xinyu Wang

38e, 1413 points

Diane Parry

86e, 830 points

Donna Vekic

19e, 2273 points

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