MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Open second spherical begins Wednesday, with top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka amongst a bunch of stars. Australian hopefuls Alex de Minaur, Alexander Zverev, Daniil Medvedev and Coco Gauff may even function on the fourth day.
There has additionally been quite a lot of curiosity within the queues and wait occasions to enter Melbourne Park, and the continuing debate about whether or not the present prize pool of AU$111.5 million (US$77.4 million) is sufficient, arguably the 2 greatest speaking factors of the event to date.
Naomi Osaka despatched the tennis world right into a frenzy yesterday by showing on court docket in a weird outfit, whereas Ukraine’s Oleksandra Olnikova spoke out about why she thinks gamers from Russia and Belarus needs to be banned from the competitors.
Keep tuned to ESPN’s group of reporters for the most recent information, outcomes, match schedules and extra from Day 4 of the Australian Open.
