Pliskova and Halep headline a star-studded ladies day 2 at Australian Open
ATPMonday, 20 January 2020 at 21:27
The female world number 2 Pliskova and world number 4 Halep will be the highest-ranked female tennis players on the court at the Australian Open for day 2
The world number 2 Pliskova kicks off her Australian Open campaign against France's Kristina Mladenovic who can be a tricky opponent especially this early in the tournament. After that match, there will be another star-studded encounter in the Rod Laver Arena. Former world number 1 Maria Sharapova will take on Croatia's Donna Vekic who is the 19th seed this year.
Another former Australian Open winner Angelique Kerber will take on Elisabetta Cocciaretto who got into the main draw through the qualifiers. Another former world number 1 Simona Halep will also be on the court. She is set to face America's, Jennifer Brady.
The home crowd will have several Aussies representing their country this year. On court today will be three of them all thanks to wild card that was given to them. One of them, Rodionova, is set to battle Kateryna Bondarenko of Ukraine and the home crowd will be hopeful for her to secure a victory.
In total there will be six out of the top 10 ladies on court today as tennis enthusiasts are hopefully rain delay will be avoided unlike on day 1. Report suggests they might be right so there will be a lot of good tennis played today.
The full schedule of play is:
| sets | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 21.01.20 01:00 1st round | Kristina Mladenovic | ||||||||
| Karolina Pliskova [2] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 01:00 1st round | Belinda Bencic [6] | ||||||||
| Anna Schmiedlova | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 02:20 1st round | Donna Vekic [19] | ||||||||
| Maria Sharapova [WC] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 03:50 1st round | Liudmila Samsonova [q] | ||||||||
| Jelena Ostapenko | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 04:00 1st round | Laura Siegemund | ||||||||
| Coco Vandeweghe [WC] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 04:20 1st round | Ajla Tomljanovic | ||||||||
| Anastasija Sevastova [31] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 04:20 1st round | Elina Svitolina [5] | ||||||||
| Katie Boulter | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 04:30 1st round | Garbine Muguruza | ||||||||
| Shelby Rogers [q] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 04:50 1st round | Yulia Putintseva | ||||||||
| Su-Wei Hsieh | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 04:50 1st round | Amanda Anisimova [21] | ||||||||
| Zarina Diyas | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 05:00 1st round | Antonia Lottner [q] | ||||||||
| Camila Giorgi | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 05:20 1st round | Danielle Rose Collins [26] | ||||||||
| Vitalia Diatchenko | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 05:20 1st round | Lauren Davis | ||||||||
| Leylah Annie Fernandez [q] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 05:30 1st round | Kateryna Bondarenko | ||||||||
| Arina Rodionova [WC] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 05:50 1st round | Alize Cornet | ||||||||
| Monica Niculescu [q] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 05:50 1st round | Irina-Camelia Begu | ||||||||
| Kiki Bertens [9] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 06:00 1st round | Marketa Vondrousova [15] | ||||||||
| Svetlana Kuznetsova | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 06:30 1st round | Catherine Cartan Bellis | ||||||||
| Tatjana Maria | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 06:40 1st round | Kirsten Flipkens | ||||||||
| Karolina Muchova [20] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 07:20 1st round | Sara Sorribes Tormo | ||||||||
| Veronika Kudermetova | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 07:50 1st round | Jasmine Paolini | ||||||||
| Anna Blinkova | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 08:00 1st round | Iga Swiatek | ||||||||
| Timea Babos | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 08:20 1st round | Harriet Dart [q] | ||||||||
| Misaki Doi | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 08:40 1st round | Kristyna Pliskova | ||||||||
| Heather Watson | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 08:40 1st round | Kateryna Kozlova | ||||||||
| Priscilla Hon [WC] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 08:50 1st round | Carla Suarez Navarro | ||||||||
| Aryna Sabalenka [11] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 08:50 1st round | Astra Sharma [WC] | ||||||||
| Anett Kontaveit [28] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 09:00 1st round | Jennifer Brady | ||||||||
| Simona Halep [4] | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 09:20 1st round | Elise Mertens [16] | ||||||||
| Danka Kovinic | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 09:20 1st round | Taylor Townsend | ||||||||
| Jessica Pegula | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 10:10 1st round | Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova [30] | ||||||||
| Nina Stojanovic | |||||||||
| 21.01.20 11:00 1st round | Elisabetta Cocciaretto [q] | ||||||||
| Angelique Kerber [17] | |||||||||
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