Australian Open 2025 day six preview: Order of play, how to watch and more as Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz in third round action

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Day six of the 2025 Australian Open is almost here! The Tennis Gazette outlines the order of play and how to watch the action from Melbourne.

The second round is now complete, so we are entering the crucial stages of the tournament, with 32 players remaining in both the Men’s and Women’s Singles.

Top contenders Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz are among those to have made it this far but both aspire to go much deeper into the tournament.

Here we look at the third-round matches that will go ahead on Friday, with both aforementioned stars set to take to the court at the Rod Laver Arena.

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2025 Australian Open day six order of play

With fewer matches going ahead now that we are at the third round stage, here is the order of play on the four main courts at the Australian Open on day six.

Rod Laver Arena

Day session – From 11:30 am AEDT

• Women’s Singles: A. Sabalenka vs C. Tauson
• Men’s Singles: N. Borges vs C. Alcaraz

Night session – From 7:00 pm AEDT

• Men’s Singles: N. Djokovic vs T. Machac
• Women’s Singles: O. Danilovic vs J. Pegula

Margaret Court Arena

Day session – From 11:30 AEDT

• Women’s Singles: D. Shnaider vs D. Vekic
• Men’s Singles: J. Fearnley vs A. Zverev

Night session – From 7:00 pm AEDT

• Women’s Singles: C. Gauff vs L. Fernandez
• Men’s Singles: J. Draper vs A. Vukic

John Cain Arena

Day session – From 11:00 am AEDT

• Women’s Singles: A Pavlyuchenkova vs L. Siegemund
• Men’s Singles: R. Carballes Baena vs T. Paul

Twilight session – From 5:00 pm AEDT

• Women’s Singles: N. Osaka vs B. Bencic
• Men’s Singles: U. Humbert vs A. Fils

Kia Arena

Day session – From 11:00 am AEDT

• Men’s Doubles: A. Krajicek / R. Ram vs M. Ebden / J. Vliegen
• Women’s Singles: P. Badosa vs M. Kostyuk
• Men’s Singles: J. Mensik vs A. Davidovich Fokina
• Men’s Singles: J. Lehecka vs B. Bonza

How to watch day six of the 2025 Australian Open (USA)

Tennis fans in America can watch live coverage of the action from day five of the 2025 Australian Open on the Tennis Channel. The broadcast starts on Thursday, January 15 at 17:00 EST.

2025 Australian Open day six weather forecast

Australian Open organizers will hope the weather forecast for Melbourne on Friday changes overnight as it is expected to rain at times.

Should the conditions require it, the roof on the Rod Laver Arena, the Margaret Court Arena and the John Cain Arena can be closed.

• Conditions: Light showers and gentle breeze
• Highs: 23°C / 73°F
• Lows: 12°C / 54°F
• Sunrise: 06:16 AEDT
• Sunset: 20:43 AEDT