SuperSport viewers on DStv can look forward to seeing all the action from the first tennis Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open, which will wrap up at Melbourne Park from Tuesday 25 to Sunday 30 January 2022.
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On the Men’s Singles side, all eyes in the final days of the Australian Open will be on Rafael Nadal, with the Spaniard looking to win a record 22nd Grand Slam title and move clear of the current mark of 21 that he shares with great rivals Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic.
(TOP: Gael Monfils of France in action against Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia during the fourth round match at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, on January 23, 2022. EPA/JASON O’BRIEN).
Nadal has thus far seen off Marcos Giron, Yannick Hanfmann, Karen Khachanov and Adrian Mannarino, dropping just one set in the process. He will come up against Canada’s Denis Shapovalov in the quarterfinals on Tuesday 25 January.
“[The] first set was very emotional,” said the 35-year-old Nadal, the 2009 Australian Open champion, who survived an epic 28-minute tiebreak to defeat Mannarino on Sunday. “That crazy first set was so important.”
Shapovalov, meanwhile, is looking forward to the challenge he will face against the legendary left-hander: “It’s always an honour to play someone like Rafa,” said the 22-year-old. “Always fun, always going to be battle, it’s going to be tough.”
Other players to watch on the Men’s side are Gael Monfils, Matteo Berrettini, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Daniil Medvedev.
On the Women’s Singles side, Australian home favourite Ashleigh Barty has set up a quarterfinal showdown with American Jessica Pegula on Wednesday 26 January, having beaten Lesia Tsurenko, Lucia Bronzetti, Camila Giorgi and Amanda Anisimova without dropping a set.
One of the emerging threats to Barty’s hopes of a first Australian Open title is Madison Keys, who has enjoyed a resurgence at this tournament – where she is unseeded – by defeating Sofia Kenin, Jaqueline Cristian, Wang Qiang and Paula Badosa, the number eight seed who was tipped to win a first Grand Slam by many pundits.
“I think it’s obviously easy to say it now, that as long as you keep doing the right things, things will work out and all of that,” Keys said.
“I felt like I was doing a lot of the right things last year, I was doing my best, and it just wasn’t happening. Tennis can change in a week. Just knowing that it will eventually get better, you just kind of have to hold onto that.”
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Australian Open broadcast details, final week, 25-30 January 2022
All times CAT
Tuesday 25 January
02:00: Main Feed, Day Session – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
02:00: Second Feed – LIVE on SuperSport Action
10:00: Main Feed, Night Session – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
Wednesday 26 January
02:00: Main Feed, Day Session – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
02:00: Second Feed – LIVE on SuperSport Action
10:00: Main Feed, Night Session – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
Thursday 27 January
02:00: Second Feed – LIVE on SuperSport Action
05:00: Women’s Singles Semifinal 1 – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
08:00: Women’s Singles Semifinal 2 – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
10:30: Men’s Singles Semifinal 1 – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
Friday 28 January
02:00: Second Feed – LIVE on SuperSport Action
04:00: Men’s Doubles Semifinals – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
07:00: Women’s Doubles Final – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
10:30: Men’s Singles Semifinal 2 – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
Saturday 29 January
10:30: Women’s Singles Final – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
13:30: Mixed Doubles Final – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
Sunday 30 January
06:00: Men’s Doubles Final – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
10:30: Men’s Singles Final – LIVE on SuperSport Tennis
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