MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Get ready for the Australian Open before play begins at Melbourne Park on Sunday morning (Saturday night CST) with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year’s first Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the schedule is, what the betting odds are, who the defending champions are and more:
HOW TO WATCH THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN ON TV
—In the U.S.: ESPN
THE SINGLES SCHEDULE
Melbourne’s time zone is 16 hours ahead of the East Coast of the United States, so when play begins at 11 a.m. local time on Sunday in Australia, it’ll be 7 p.m. ET on Saturday. This is the first time the tournament begins on a Sunday, instead of a Monday, turning it into a 15-day event.
Here is the singles schedule in Australia:
—Sunday-Monday-Tuesday: First Round (Women and Men)
