The Briton, seeded at a serious match for the primary time in over three years, has nonetheless been handed a tough path to the ultimate regardless of her benefit.
Raducanu opens her account Down Underneath in opposition to the world No195 Mananchaya Sawangkaew.
Ought to she get previous the Thai participant, she might face both Anastasia Potapova or Suzan Lamens within the subsequent spherical.
What time is Raducanu taking part in at Australian Open?
The British No1 is scheduled final on Margaret Courtroom Area – Melbourne Park’s second largest present court docket – on day one of many match.
She is the second match of the night time session, following Jenson Brooksby and Alexander Bublik. She is estimated to take to the court docket at round 10am GMT.
The night time classes at this yr’s match start at 8am GMT, which is 7pm native time.
Raducanu has performed simply the one warm-up match within the lead-up to the yr’s first Grand Slam, taking part in on the Hobart Worldwide in Tasmania.
She was the highest seed there, however fell in straight units within the quarter-finals to Taylah Preston, the 20-year-old Australian, who’s ranked world No205.
A 6-2, 6-4 defeat on Thursday had adopted a snug victory over Camila Osorio earlier than Magdalena Frech handed her a walkover within the final 16.
Her remaining match of 2025 got here in October on the Ningbo Open, the place she was crushed within the first spherical by Lin Zhu.
The Briton pulled out of the latest United Cup tie with Japan proper earlier than she was scheduled to make her comeback in opposition to Naomi Osaka, who’s seeded sixteenth in Melbourne.
She returned for Nice Britain’s subsequent group recreation in opposition to Greece, however misplaced to Maria Sakkari in a 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 defeat in Perth.
How you can watch Raducanu on the Australian Open
TV channel: All of the motion at this yr’s Australian Open is being broadcast stay on TNT Sports activities.
The day’s play will start at midnight within the UK, with motion on the present courts commencing at 1am on Sunday, January 18, 2026. Protection on TNT Sports activities begins at 12.30am GMT.
The night time classes start at 8am GMT, with protection starting at 7am.
Dwell stream: TNT Sports activities subscribers can stream the motion stay on the invention+ app and web site.
