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NICK Kyrgios has been granted his Australian Open wish — a first-round match on Hisense Arena on the opening day of the tournament.

Australia’s top-ranked player has been scheduled to an early evening clash with Portugal’s Gastao Elias on the arena he loves playing on even more than Rod Laver Arena.

Kyrgios and Bernard Tomic are among a host of Australians in action on Monday.
Nick Kyrgios will be in action on day one of the Australian Open. Picture: Getty
Bernard Tomic will also be in action on the opening day of play.

Tomic will play Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci during the day session on Margaret Court Arena, while Ash Barty returns to grand slam action at Melbourne Park on Hisense.

Teenagers Destanee Aiava and Alex De Minaur have been given showcourt slots during the day session.

Romanian fourth seed Simona Halep opens proceedings on Rod Laver Arena and will be followed by Venus Williams and world No.1 Andy Murray.

Defending champion Angelique Kerber and Roger Federer headline night action on RLA.

Stan Wawrinka and Garbine Muguruza are among the parade of grand slam champions on the opening day.

AUSTRALIAN OPEN DAY ONE SCHEDULE

ROD LAVER ARENA (from 11am)

Simona Halep (4) v Shelby Rogers

Venus Williams (13) v Kateryna Kozlova

Andy Murray (1) v Illya Marchenko
Venus Williams will be second up on Rod Laver Arena on the opening day of play.

ROD LAVER ARENA NIGHT (from 7pm)

Angelique Kerber (1) v Lesia Tsurenko

Roger Federer (17) v Qualifier

MARGARET COURT ARENA (from 11am)

Marina Erakovic (NZL) v (7) Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP)

(27) Bernard Tomic (AUS) v Thomaz Bellucci (BRA)

Coco Vandeweghe (USA) v (15) Roberta Vinci (ITA)

MARGARET COURT ARENA NIGHT (from 7pm)

(4) Stan Wawrinka (SUI) v Martin Klizan (SVK)

Louisa Chirico (USA) v Eugenie Bouchard (CAN)

HISENSE ARENA (from 11am)

Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) v (5) Kei Nishikori (JPN)

Ashleigh Barty (AUS) v Annika Beck (GER)

Mariana Duque-Mariño (COL) v (8) Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

Nick Kyrgios (14 AUS) v Gastao Elias*

*Not before 6.30pm

SHOW COURT 2 (from 11am)

Mona Barthel (GER) v Destanee Aiava (AUS)

(10) Tomas Berdych (CZE) v Qualifier

Jerzy Janowicz (POL) v (7) Marin Cilic (CRO)

(10) Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) v Jana Cepelova (SVK)

SHOW COURT 3 (from 11am)

Alex De Minaur (AUS) v Gerald Melzer (AUT)

Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) v (20) Shuai Zhang (CHN)

(11) Elina Svitolina (UKR) v Galina Voskoboeva (KAZ)

(12) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) v Thiago Monteiro (BRA)

COURT 5 (from 11am)

Victor Estrella Burgos (DOM) v Aljaz Bedene (GBR)

(32) Anastasija Sevastova (LAT) v Nao Hibino (JPN)

Karen Khachanov (RUS) Adrian Mannarino (FRA)

Eri Hozumi (JPN) v Carina Witthoeft (GER)

COURT 7 (from 11am)

Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) v Rebecca Sramkova (SVK)

Quentin Halys (FRA) v (31) Sam Querrey (USA)

Stefanie Voegele (SUI) v Kurumi Nara (JPN)

Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) v (23) Jack Sock (USA)*

*Not before 5.30pm

COURT 8 (from 11am)

(26) Laura Siegemund (GER) v Jelena Jankovic (SRB)

Pauline Parmentier (FRA) v Misaki Doi (JPN)

James Duckworth (AUS) v Paolo Lorenzi

Sam Groth (AUS) v Steve Darcis

COURT 10 (from 11am)

Samantha Crawford (USA) v Lauren Davis (USA)

Kristina Kucova (SVK) v Christina McHale (USA)

Malek Jaziri (TUN) v Go Soeda (JPN)

Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) v Noah Rubin (USA)

COURT 12 (from 11am)

Nicolas Almagro (ESP) v Jeremy Chardy (FRA)

Alison Riske (USA) v Madison Brengle (USA)

Irina Khromacheva (RUS) v Sorana Cirstea (ROU)

Marcel Granollers (ESP) v Dudi Sela (ISR)*

*Not before 5.30pm

COURT 13 (from 11am)

(19) Kiki Bertens (NED) v Varvara Lepchenko (USA)

Anna Tatishvili (USA) v Jaimee Fourlis (AUS)

(22) Pablo Cuevas (URU) v Diego Schwartzman (ARG)

Alexander Bublik (KAZ) v (16) Lucas Pouille (FRA)

COURT 14 (from 11am)

Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) v (29) Monica Puig (PUR)

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) v Mischa Zverev (GER)

Evgeniya Rodina (RUS) v (24) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Facundo Bagnis (ARG) v Daniel Evans (GBR)*

*Not before 5.30pm

COURT 15 (from 11am)

Ryan Harrison (USA) v Nicolas Mahut (FRA)

Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) v Viktorija Golubic (SUI)

(26) Albert Ramos-Vinolas (ESP) v Lukas Lacko (SVK)

COURT 19 (from 11am)

Katerina Siniakova (CZE) v Julia Goerges (GER)

Andrey Rublev (RUS) v Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)

Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) v Andreas Seppi (ITA)

(23) Daria Kasatkina (RUS) v Shuai Peng (CHN)

COURT 20 (from 11am)

Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) v (27) Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU)

(19) John Isner (USA) v Konstantin Kravchuk (RUS)

Francesca Schiavone (ITA) v Julia Boserup (USA)

Federico Delbonis (ARG) v Steve Johnson (USA)

COURT 22 (from 11am)

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) v (29) Viktor Troicki (SRB)

Vania King (USA) v Natalia Vikhlyantseva (RUS)

Dusan Lajovic (SRB) v Stephane Robert (FRA)

Tiafoe, Escobedo, Rubin, Opelka among the qualifiers
A slew of American #NextGenATP stars have successfully advanced into the main draw of the Australian Open, with Frances Tiafoe, Noah Rubin, Reilly Opelka and Ernesto Escobedo taking their spot among the 16 final-round qualifying winners on Saturday.
Second seed Tiafoe survived a marathon 3-6, 6-0, 7-5 match against fellow American Tim Smyczek. Both players held serve throughout the final set until Tiafoe finally broke Smyczek in the last game to wrap up the win. This is the first time that the 18-year-old has come through qualifying at a Grand Slam.

In an all-teen battle, Opelka came through 7-6(4) 6-3 against Norwegian Casper Ruud to secure his first Grand Slam main draw appearance. The American reached his first ATP World Tour semi-final last August in Atlanta and has jumped over 600 spots in the Emirates ATP Rankings over the past six months.
No. 21 seed Escobedo rallied from a set down to defeat Yuki Bhambri of India, 6-7(2), 6-2, 6-4, while Rubin scored an emphatic 6-2, 6-4 win over Evgeny Donskoy of Russia. This is the first time that both Escobedo and Rubin have qualified for a Grand Slam.
Other players to prevail on Saturday include #NextGenATP star Andrey Rublev of Russia, and former Top 10 players Radek Stepanek and Jurgen Melzer. Stepanek was the top seed in qualifying.