Live: Kyrgios admits Aus Open singles career may be done as de Minaur, Birrell start campaigns
Which Australians are playing today?
Here is the full list of local hopes in action on day three of the Australian Open (all times AEDT):
UPCOMING:
- Elena Rybakina (6) vs Emerson Jones (WC) second on Margaret Court Arena
- Anna Kalinskaya (13) vs Kimberly Birrell (Q) second on Kia Arena
- Rinky Hijikata vs Mitchell Krueger (Q) third on Court 3
- Alex de Minaur (8) vs Botic van de Zandschulp from 7pm on Rod Laver Arena, followed by Olivia Gadecki vs Veronika Kudermetova
- Alexei Popyrin (25) vs Corentin Moutet from 7pm on John Cain Arena
- Talia Gibson/Maya Joint (WC) vs Leylah Fernandez/Nadiia Kichenok (16) fourth match on Court 15
Who’s first on court on day three?
Play starts at 11:30am on Rod Laver and Margaret Court Arenas, and 11am everywhere else:
- RLA: Emma Navarro (8) vs Peyton Stearns
- MCA: Holger Rune (13) vs Zhizhen Zhang
- John Cain Arena: Daria Kasatkina (9) vs Viktoriya Tomova
- Kia Arena: Matteo Berrettini vs Cameron Norrie
- 1573 Arena: Beatriz Haddad Maia (15) vs Julia Riera (Q)
- Court 3: Ekaterina Alexandrova (26) vs Emma Raducanu
- Court 5: Miomir Kecmanovic vs Dusan Lajovic
- Court 6: Xiyu Wang vs Julia Grabher
- Court 7: Karen Khachanov (19) vs Adrian Mannarino
- Court 8: Maria Lourdes Carle vs Amanda Anisimova
- Court 12: Gabriel Diallo vs Luca Nardi
- Court 13: Saisai Zheng vs Erika Andreeva
- Court 14: Anna Blinkova/Fang Hsien Wu vs Jodie Burrage/Clara Tauson
- Court 15: Anna Bondar vs Yafan Wang
Nick Kyrgios says he’s ‘probably’ played his last Australian Open singles match
After a long-awaited return from a wrist injury, Nick Kyrgios was brought undone in two hours and 19 minutes by Scot Jacob Fearnley and a pesky abdominal injury.
Kyrgios was crestfallen as he exited stage left after two years of rehab and recovery from wrist surgery, and admitted he was taking in every moment on John Cain Arena last night because it may be the last time.
“Realistically I can’t really see myself probably playing singles again here,” he said in his press conference after the 7-6(3), 6-3, 7-6(2) loss to 92nd-ranked Fearnley.
“So it was special. Taking that in feels good.
“I have doubles so I kind of was taking everything in tonight. It was nuts.
“I didn’t wanna just throw in the towel and walk off or retire. Fans have waited hours to come see me play.
“Realistically I probably can’t see myself playing a singles match here again.”
Welcome back to the Australian Open
It’s day three at Melbourne Park and both Australia’s number ones are in action.
Kim Birrell is up early in a tough clash with 13th seed Anna Kalinskaya, while Alex de Minaur is headlining the night session against Botic van de Zandschulp.
We’ll also see 2024, 2022 and 2021 men’s runner-up Daniil Medvedev in action on centre court, plus the doubles tournaments kick off today.
I’m Jon Healy and I’ll be joined by a host of my ABC Sport colleagues once again today, so please stick around and don’t forget to leave a comment up above.
Let’s get into it!
