Here’s something novel about the 2021 Australian Open Tennis Tournament, which started yesterday and runs through Feb. 21: The stands will be filled with fans. Like with real, actual humans, not just cardboard cutouts.
It’s weird to think that live spectators would be such a compelling selling point, but the unthinkable has become routine over the past 12 months. But with the first tennis Grand Slam of the 2021 season, we can start to get back to normal, at least on the tennis court.
Below, check out the full schedule for live coverage of the 2021 Australian Open on ESPN. Because the many of the matches will take place in the dead of night here in the U.S., be sure to use your 50 hours of free DVR space to record them live, so that you can watch the following morning and treat yourself to a literal breakfast of champions. To get the most Australian Open coverage on Sling, sign up for Sling Orange + Blue with sports extras using the link at the bottom of this page.
Upcoming Men’s Singles Round 1 - Mon. Feb. 8
Thiago Monteiro vs. Andrej Martin - 7pm ET
Guido Pella vs. (22) Borna Coric - 7pm ET
Lloyd Harris vs. Mikael Torpegaard - 7pm ET
Botic van de Zandschulp vs. Carlos Alcaraz - 7pm ET
Mikael Ymer vs. (26) Hubert Hurkacz - 7pm ET
Mackenzie McDonald vs. Marco Cecchinato - 7pm ET
Christopher OConnell vs. Jan-Lennard Struff - 7pm ET
(7) Andrey Rublev vs. Yannick Hanfmann - 8pm ET
Radu Albot vs. (12) Roberto Bautista Agut - 9pm ET
(28) Filip Krajinovic vs. Robin Haase - 9pm ET
(13) David Goffin vs. Alexei Popyrin - 9pm ET
Pablo Cuevas vs. Andreas Seppi - 9:30pm ET
Sam Querrey vs. (31) Lorenzo Sonego - 11pm ET
Pablo Andujar vs. Quentin Halys - 11pm ET
(19) Karen Khachanov vs. Aleksandar Vukic - 11pm ET
Vasek Pospisil vs. (4) Daniil Medvedev - 11pm ET
Laslo Djere vs. (2) Rafael Nadal - 11pm ET
Nikoloz Basilashvili vs. Tommy Paul - 11:30pm
Michael Mmoh vs. Viktor Troicki - 11:30pm
Henri Laaksonen vs. Salvatore Caruso - 11:30pm
Ricardas Berankis vs. Sumit Nagal - 11:30pm
(16) Fabio Fognini vs. Pierre-Hugues Herbert - 11:30pm
Li Tu vs. Feliciano Lopez - 11:30pm
Tennys Sandgren vs. (21) Alex De Minaur - 12am (2/9)
(24) Casper Ruud vs. Jordan Thompson - 1:30am (2/9)
Ilya Ivashka vs. Roman Safiullin - 1:30am (2/9)
Tomas Machac vs. Mario Vilella Martinez - 1:30am (2/9)
Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Attila Balazs - 1:30am (2/9)
Thanasi Kokkinakis vs. Soon Woo Kwon - 1:30am (2/9)
(30) Daniel Evans vs. Cameron Norrie - 1:30am (2/9)
Kevin Anderson vs. (9) Matteo Berrettini - 3am (2/9)
(5) Stefanos Tsitsipas vs. Gilles Simon - 5am (2/9)
Upcoming Women’s Singles Round 1 - Mon. Feb. 8
(11) Belinda Bencic vs. Lauren Davis - 7pm ET
Liudmilla Samsonova vs. Paula Badosa - 7pm ET
Nadia Podoroska vs. Christina McHale - 7pm ET
Leylah Fernandez vs. (18) Elise Mertens - 7pm ET
Nao Hibino vs. Astra Sharma - 7pm ET
Ann Li vs. (31) Shuai Zhang - 7pm ET
(14) Garbine Muguruza vs. Margarita Gasparyan - 7pm ET
(4) Sofia Kenin vs. Maddison Inglis - 7pm ET
Svetlana Kuznetsova vs. Barbora Strycova - 9pm ET
Lin Zhu vs. Whitney Osuigwe - 9pm ET
Anastasija Sevastova vs. Kaia Kanepi - 9pm ET
(12) Victoria Azarenka vs. Jessica Pegula - 9pm ET
Marie Bouzkova vs. (5) Elina Svitolina - 9pm ET
Kristyna Pliskova vs. Heather Watson - 9:30pm ET
Kristina Mladenovic vs. (20) Maria Sakkari - 9:30pm ET
Martina Trevisan vs. (29) Ekaterina Alexandrova - 9:30pm ET
(22) Jennifer Brady vs. Aliona Bolsova - 9:30pm ET
Yafan Wang vs. (28) Donna Vekic - 9:30pm ET
Madison Brengle vs. Arina Rodionova - 9:30pm ET
Cori Gauff vs. Jil Teichmann - 10:30pm ET
Jasmine Paolini vs. (6) Karolina Pliskova - 11:30pm ET
Saisai Zheng vs. Barbora Krejcikova - 11:30pm ET
(21) Anett Kontaveit vs. Aliaksandra Sasnovich - 11:30pm ET
Chloe Paquet vs. Mayar Sherif - 12am ET (2/9)
Danielle Collins vs. Ana Bogdan - 2am ET (2/9)
Kaja Juvan vs. (13) Johanna Konta - 2am ET (2/9)
Mona Barthel vs. Elisabetta Cocciaretto - 2am ET (2/9)
(25) Karolina Muchova vs. Jelena Ostapenko - 2am ET (2/9)
Francesca Jones vs. Shelby Rogers - 2am ET (2/9)
Alison Van Uytvanck vs. Clara Burel - 2am ET (2/9)
(26) Yulia Putintseva vs. Sloane Stephens - 2am ET (2/9)
Destanee Aiava vs. Samantha Stosur - 2:30am ET (2/9)
(1) Ashleigh Barty vs. Danka Kovinic - 3am ET (2/9)
Olga Danilovic vs. (16) Petra Martic - 4am ET (2/9)
Sara Sorribes Tormo vs. Daria Gavrilova - 5:30am ET (2/9)
Full Schedule
Feb. 9-10 - Men and Women’s 2nd Round
Feb. 11-12 - Men and Women’s 3rd Round
Feb. 13-14 - Men and Women’s 4th Round
Feb. 15-16 - Men and Women’s Quarterfinals
Feb. 17 - Men and Women’s Semifinals
Feb. 18 - Men’s Semifinal
Feb. 19 - Women’s Singles Final
Feb. 20 - Men’s Singles Final
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