Australian Open 2023: Schedule, scores, results, draw, how to watch, seeds, notable matches

The 2023 Australian Open has already seen it all, late in the season, late-night battles and shocking upsets – and now the semi-final stage is set. Players are competing for a record pool of $76.5 million in prize money, and there’s no shortage of interesting stories:

• Novak Djokovic, who has won a record nine times at Melbourne Park, is just one Grand Slam title away from equaling Rafael Nadal’s career record of 22 major titles. Djokovic Was deported from Australia a year ago due to his unvaccinated COVID-19 status, but he has returned to Melbourne after the country eased its vaccine restrictions. He crushed the quarterfinal round with a straight sets victory over Andrey Rublev. their next opponent is Unseeded American Tommy Paul.
• Paul reached the first major semifinal of his career and became only the fourth American man since 2017 to make it to a Grand Slam semifinal. He is not one to be overlooked as he made it to the fourth round at Wimbledon and the third round at the US Open last year. , The 25-year-old can also brag about top wins over top opponents including Carlos Alcaraz, Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Alexander Zverev.
• Paul, Ben Shelton and No. 29 seed Sebastian Korda all reached the last eight, becoming the most American men to reach the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam since Andre Agassi, Robbie Giniperi and James Blake at the 2005 US Open.
• No. 3 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas became the first player in the men’s section to reach the semi-finals after beating Jiri Lehka 6-3 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 on Tuesday. He faces Karen Khachanov for a chance to reach the final, and if he wins outright, Tsitsipas could reach No. 1 in the ATP rankings for the first time.
• Nadal, last year’s Australian Open winner, was looking to defend his title as the No. 1 seed but Lost to Mackenzie McDonald in second round afterwards aggravated hip injury during the second set. This was Nadal’s first Grand Slam exit since the 2016 Australian Open. No. 2 seed Casper Rudd also crashed out in the second round as American Jenson Brooksby pulled off a 6-3 7-5 6-7 (4-7) 6-2 upset.

Men’s competition missing World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz, who was ruled out of training with a right leg injury, Former finalist Marin Cilic will also be missing at Melbourne Park due to injury.

On the women’s side, 2022 Australian Open winner Ashleigh Barty will not defend her singles title as she retired from tennis last year. Venus Williams, who got a wild card entry, was preparing to participate in her 22nd Australian Open but ruled out due to injury Continued in the ASB Classic in New Zealand. Naomi Osaka, who has a pregnancy announcement Earlier this week, not competing this month.

With the absence of those stars, the stakes for this year’s tournament are high.

• World No. 1 Inga Swiatek – the 2022 WTA Player of the Year – had a breakout season last year and was looking to continue that momentum, defeating Kristina Buka 6-0 6-1 in 55 minutes in the third round. Defeated. But Swiatek lost in the fourth round in an upset to Elena Rybakina.
• No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula lost in the quarterfinal round to No. 24 seed Victoria Azarenka. Azarenka won the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013, but has not returned to the semifinals since then.
• No. 5 seed Aryna Sabalenka has yet to drop a set in 2023, and has now reached her first semifinal in Melbourne and fourth career Grand Slam semifinal overall. She won 6-3 6-2 over Donna Vekic on Wednesday and will need to overcome unseeded Magda Linette to reach her first major singles final.
• The other semi-final match will be between reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina and Victoria Azarenka – who won the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013.
• world number 2 Jabur lost to Marketa Vondrousova in a second round stunner. In a written statement to the media, Jaboor said that he was having trouble breathing during the match. No. 7 seed Coco Gauff started the year with an impressive win at the ASB Classic. She played well at the Australian Open but lost in the fourth round to Jelena Ostapenko.

Here’s all you need to know about the 2022 Australian Open:

How to watch 2023 Australian Open

• Dates: January 16-29
• Where?: Melbourne Park, Australia
• watch: ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+
• Stream: Fubo TV (try for free,

(all times eastern)

Men’s Semi Final Match

• No. 4 Novak Djokovic vs Tommy Paul, Thursday 10:30 PM
• No. 3 Stefano Tsitsipas vs. No. 18 Karen Khachanov, Thursday 10:30 PM

Women’s Semifinal Match

• No. 22 Elena Rybakina vs. No. 24 Victoria Azarenka, Thursday 3:30 PM
• No. 5 Aryna Sabalenka vs. Magda Linett, Thursday at 4:45 PM

men’s seeding

1. Rafael Nadal (ESP)
2. Casper Rudd (NOR)
3. Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)
4. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
5. Andrey Rublev (n/a)
6. Felix Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
7. Daniil Medvedev (N/A)
8. Taylor Fritz (USA)
9. Holger Rune (Den)
10. Hubert Hurcz (POL)
11. Cameron Norrie (GBR)
12. Alexander Zverev (GER)
13. Matteo Berretini (ITA)
14. Pablo Carreno Busta (ESP)
15. Jannik Sinner (ITA)
16. Frances Tiafoe (USA)
17. Marin Cilic (CRO)
18. Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
19. Karen Khachanov (n/a)
20. Nick Kyrgios (Australia)
21. Denis Shapovalov (CAN)
22. Borna Couric (CRO)
23. Alex De Minaur (Australia)
24. Diego Schwartzman (ARG)
25. Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP)
26. Daniel Evans (GBR)
27. Miomir Kekmanovic (SRB)
28. Grigor Dimitrov (BUL)
29. Francisco Cerundolo (ARG)
30. Sebastian Korda (USA)
31. Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP)
32. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN)

seeding of women

1. Inga Swiatek (POL)
2. On Jaibur (TUN)
3. Jessica Pegula (USA)
4. Caroline Garcia (FRA)
5. Aryan Sabalenka (N/A)
6. Maria Sakkari (GRE)
7. Coco Gauff (USA)
8. Daria Kasatkina (N/A)
9. Veronika Kudermetova (N/A)
10. Madison Keys (USA)
11. Paula Badosa (ESP)
12. Belinda Bencic (SUI)
13. Danielle Collins (USA)
14. Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA)
15. Petra Kvitova (CZE)
16. Annette Kontaveit (EST)
17. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
18. Lyudmila Samsonova (N/A)
19. Ekaterina Alexandrova (N/A)
20. Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
21. Martina Trevisan (ITA)
22. Elena Rybakina (KAZ)
23. Shuai Zhang (CHN)
24. Victoria Azarenka (N/A)
25. Marie Bouzkova (CZE)
26. Elise Mertens (BEL)
27. Irina-Camelia Begu (ROM)
28. Amanda Anisimova (USA)
29. Qinwen Zheng (CHN)
30. Karolina Pliskova (CZE)
31. Kaia Kanepi (EST)
32. Jill Teichmann (SUI)