Emma Raducanu vs Yafan Wang start time: When is Australian Open match?
Emma Raducanu takes on Yafan Wang in the second round of the Australian Open after making an impressive start to her grand slam comeback.
The 21-year-old defeated Shelby Rogers 6-3 6-2 for her first grand slam win in 12 months on Tuesday and has a good opportunity to reach the third round against the world 94 Wang.
Raducanu, who has not reached the third round of a grand slam since winning the US Open in 2021, will hope to build on her opening performance at Melbourne Park.
The former British No 1 believes she is in a good place after reuniting with childhood coach Nick Cavaday, who she first worked with as a 10-year-old.
"I think it’s pretty calm now," Raducanu said. "It’s nice to be with Nick, feel very comfortable there. Just all aspects really of my life I feel like are calming down and settled.” Here’s everything you need to know.
When is Emma Raducanu’s next match at Australian Open?
Raducanu will face China’s Wang Yafan on Thursday morning UK time. Raducanu’s match has been scheduled third on the 1573 Arena, with the day’s play starting on the outside court at 12am GMT. However, an afternoon rain delay in Melbourne has pushed the schedule back by a couple of hours.
Raducanu’s match will follow two other British players, with men’s No 1 Cameron Norrie first in action against Italian qualifier Giulio Zeppieri. After Norrie fought from two sets down, that match was only starting a fifth-set decider by 5am GMT.
Norrie sealed an impressive comeback win at 5:45am GMT, with women’s No 1 Katie Boulter then facing a tough test against 12th seed Qinwen Zheng. The winner of that match plays the winner of Raducanu’s tie with Wang in the third round.
Raducanu could therefore expect to be on court anytime after 7:45am GMT - although it is entirely dependent on the previous match involving Boulter. The British No 1 lost the opening set against Zheng 6-3 and the match is now into a second.
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Australian Open order of play – Thursday 18 January
(all times UK / GMT)
Rod Laver Arena
From 1am
Iga Swiatek vs Danielle Collins
Lorenzo Sonego vs Carlos Alcaraz
From 8am
Elena Rybakina vs Anna Blinkova
Emil Ruusuvuori vs Daniil Medvedev
Margaret Court Arena
From 1am
Max Purcell vs Casper Ruud
Clara Burel vs Jessica Pegula
From 8am
Holger Rune vs Arthur Cazaux
Clara Tauson vs Victoria Azarenka
John Cain Arena
From 12am
Alexander Zverev vs Lukas Klein
Sloane Stephens vs Daria Kasatkina
Grigor Dimitrov vs Thanasi Kokkinakis
Jelena Ostapenko vs Ajla Tomljanovic
Kia Arena
McCartney Kessler vs Linda Noskova
Tommy Paul vs Jack Draper
Emma Navarro vs Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Jakub Mensik vs Hubert Hurkacz
1573 Arena
From 12am
Cameron Norrie vs Giulio Zeppieri
Katie Boulter vs Qinwen Zheng
Emma Raducanu vs Yafan Wang
Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Hugo Grenier
Australian Open 2024 tournament schedule
Wednesday 17 January: Round 2, men’s singles, women’s singles
Thursday 18 January: Round 2, men’s singles, women’s singles
Friday 19 January: Round 3, men’s singles, women’s singles
Saturday 20 January: Round 3, men’s singles, women’s singles
Sunday 21 January: Round 4, men’s singles, women’s singles
Monday 22 January: Round 4, men’s singles, women’s singles
Tuesday 23 January: Quarter-finals, men’s singles, women’s singles
Wednesday 24 January: Quarter-finals, men’s singles, women’s singles
Thursday 25 January: Semi-finals, women’s singles
Friday 26 January: Semi-finals, men’s singles
Saturday 27 January: Women’s singles final
Sunday 28 January: Men’s singles final
Men’s & women’s doubles: 16-28 January
Mixed doubles: 18-27 January
Wheelchair events: 23-27 January
Junior events: 20-27 January
Australian Open 2024 prize money
Men’s and women’s singles, (Per player – 128 draw)
Winner: £1,674,000 (AU $3,150,000)
Runner-up: £925,000 (AU $1,725,000)
Semi-finals: £530,000 (AU $990,000)
Quarter-finals: £321,000 (AU $600,000)
Round 4: £201,000 (AU $375,000)
Round 3: £137,000 (AU $255,000)
Round 2: £96,000 (AU $180,000)
First Round: £64,000 (AU $120,000)
