Australian Open 2025 on Channel 9: Day 1 – Women’s world No.1 Aryna Sabalenka will begin her march to a hat-trick of Australian Open women’s singles titles, when Day 1 of action on the 9Network and 9Now is live and free, from 10.00am AEDT.
In a high class opening night on Rod Laver Arena, Germany’s Alexander Zverev (No.2) is on court straight after Sabalenka, to begin his quest for a breakthrough first Grand Slam title.
Australia’s Aleksandar Vukic and Adam Walton will get their campaigns underway in the day session on Channel 9, while Daria Saville will feature on 9Gem in the night session.
Throughout the 2025 Australian Open, fans will have the ability to watch every point of every match, at any time live and free, on any device in full HD on 9Now.
Expert commentary throughout the tournament will be provided by Jim Courier, Jelena Dokic, John McEnroe, Todd Woodbridge, Lleyton Hewitt, Sam Stosur, Dylan Alcott, John Millman, Casey Dellacqua, Sam Smith and Alicia Molik.
On Channel 9, the hosts are James Bracey, Roz Kelly and Tony Jones, while on 9Gem Sylvia Jeffreys, Nick McArdle and Brett Phillips will host the broadcast. Ariarne Titmus and Jess Fox, join the team to capture all the colour of the event, alongside Marlee Silva. Additional off-court reporting will come from Clint Stanaway and Danika Mason. Plus match callers Brenton Speed and Peter Psaltis.
| Day Session Starts 11.00am AEDT |
 OMAR JASIKA (AUS) v HUGO GASTON (FRA) |
| ADAM WALTON (AUS) v QUENTIN HALYS (FRA) |
| ALEKSANDAR VUKIC (AUS) v DAMIR DZUMHUR (BIH) |
 MARIE BOUZKOVA (CZE) v MIRRA ANDREEVA [14] |
| CASPER RUUD (NOR) [6] v JAUME MUNAR (ESP) |
| PAULA BADOSA (ESP) [11] v XINYU WANG (CHN) |
| Night Session Starts 7.00Pm AEDT |
| ARYNA SABALENKA [1] v SLOANE STEPHENS (USA) |
| ALEXANDER ZVEREV (GER) [2] v LUCAS POUILLE (FRA) [WC] |
| LI TU (AUS) v JIRI LEHECKA (CZE) [24] |
| DARIA SAVILLE (AUS) v ANNA BLINKOVA |
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Australian Open 2025 on Channel 9: Day 1
