Nadal and Medvedev headline a packed day 2 at Australian Open as the rain question remains

ATP
Monday, 20 January 2020 at 20:00
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As natural elements continue to hamper the schedule of the Australian Open Nadal and Medvedev headline an eventful day full of tennis.

Whether rain will delay much of today's tennis is an open question, reports say we should see at least a decent amount of tennis today. Rafael Nadal starts off his Australian Open journey against Hugo Dellien. It's his 16th Australian Open and he's looking to win it for the second time.
Another possible winner is Daniil Medvedev who is optimistic about success. His campaign starts against a tough opponent in Francis Tiafoe who was in the quarterfinal last year. It should be a great match as Medvedev underlined when he spoke to the media earlier.
Several other darkhorse candidates to win it will also play. Dominic Thiem will start his Australian Open campaign against Frenchman Adrien Mannarino. Sasha Zverev will also be on the court today as he is set to face Marco Cecchinato.
The home crowd will have several Aussies on the court as well. Fan favourite Nick Kyrgios is set to grace the court today where he will play against Italian Lorenzo Sonego who can be a tricky opponent. Kyrgios play's his best tennis in at home where he feeds off the crowd's energy so it should be a spectacle. Another Aussie Popyrin is set to face against former Melbourne finalist Tsonga. Besides them, there will be 8 more Aussies on the court bidding for a 2nd round advancement.
Another interesting matchup will be between Canadian phenom Felix Auger-Aliassime and Ernests Gulbis. Another match the crowd will enjoy seeing is between everybody's favourite showman Monfils facing off against Lu. The full schedule of play will be below:

Hard Australia Australian Open - Day 2

sets 1 2 3 4 5
21.01.20
10:20
1st round
Marco Cecchinato
Alexander Zverev [7]
21.01.20
10:00
1st round
Casper Ruud
Egor Gerasimov
21.01.20
09:50
1st round
Dominik Koepfer
Pedro Martinez Portero [q]
21.01.20
09:00
1st round
Daniil Medvedev [4]
Frances Tiafoe
21.01.20
09:00
1st round
Nick Kyrgios [23]
Lorenzo Sonego
21.01.20
08:40
1st round
Alejandro Tabilo [q]
Daniel Elahi Galan [q]
21.01.20
08:00
1st round
Pablo Cuevas
Gilles Simon
21.01.20
08:00
1st round
Ilya Ivashka [q]
Kevin Anderson
21.01.20
08:00
1st round
Taylor Harry Fritz [29]
Tallon Griekspoor [q]
21.01.20
07:20
1st round
David Goffin [11]
Jeremy Chardy
21.01.20
07:20
1st round
Federico Delbonis
Joao Sousa
21.01.20
06:50
1st round
John Isner [19]
Thiago Moura Monteiro
21.01.20
06:50
1st round
Gael Monfils [10]
Yen-Hsun Lu
21.01.20
06:40
1st round
Christopher Eubanks [q]
Peter Gojowczyk [q]
21.01.20
06:40
1st round
Hugo Gaston [WC]
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar
21.01.20
06:20
1st round
Yuichi Sugita
Elliot Benchetrit [q]
21.01.20
06:00
1st round
Ivo Karlovic
Vasek Pospisil
21.01.20
06:00
1st round
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Cameron Norrie
21.01.20
06:00
1st round
Christopher O'Connell [WC]
Andrey Rublev [17]
21.01.20
06:00
1st round
Alexei Popyrin
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga [28]
21.01.20
05:20
1st round
Jozef Kovalik [LL]
Pablo Carreno-Busta [27]
21.01.20
04:40
1st round
Miomir Kecmanovic
Andreas Seppi
21.01.20
04:30
1st round
Fernando Verdasco
Evgeny Donskoy [LL]
21.01.20
04:30
1st round
Alex Bolt [WC]
Albert Ramos-Vinolas
21.01.20
03:50
1st round
Rafael Nadal [1]
Hugo Dellien
21.01.20
03:50
1st round
Ernests Gulbis [q]
Felix Auger Aliassime [20]
21.01.20
03:50
1st round
Damir Dzumhur
Stan Wawrinka [15]
21.01.20
03:50
1st round
Nikoloz Basilashvili [26]
Soon-Woo Kwon
21.01.20
03:30
1st round
James Duckworth
Aljaz Bedene
21.01.20
03:00
1st round
Pablo Andujar
Michael Mmoh [WC]
21.01.20
03:00
1st round
Yasutaka Uchiyama
Mikael Ymer
21.01.20
03:00
1st round
Mario Vilella Martinez [q]
Karen Khachanov [16]
21.01.20
02:30
1st round
Lorenzo Giustino [LL]
Milos Raonic [32]
21.01.20
02:30
1st round
Jordan Thompson
Alexander Bublik
21.01.20
02:20
1st round
Adrian Mannarino
Dominic Thiem [5]
21.01.20
02:00
1st round
Marc Polmans [WC]
Mikhail Kukushkin
21.01.20
01:40
1st round
Leonardo Mayer
Tommy Paul
21.01.20
00:30
1st round
Marin Cilic
Corentin Moutet
21.01.20
00:30
1st round
Tatsuma Ito [WC]
Prajnesh Gunneswaran [LL]
21.01.20
00:30
1st round
John Millman
Ugo Humbert
21.01.20
00:30
1st round
Benoit Paire [21]
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe
21.01.20
00:30
1st round
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman [14]
Lloyd Harris
21.01.20
00:30
1st round
Hubert Hurkacz [31]
Dennis Novak [q]
21.01.20
00:30
1st round
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
Norbert Gombos [q]

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