What time does Sinner play at the Australian Open 2025 and where to watch the match against Jarry on TV

Melbourne, 12 January 2025 - The race to reconfirm the title obtained in the last edition of theAustralian Open starts tonight for Jannik Sinner with the challenge against Nicholas Jarry. The tournament started today, but the Italian takes to the field in the second round of the first round. In the Rod Laver Arena, the champion from Sesto Pusteria will have to face the 29-year-old Chilean, number 34 in the ATP ranking. The native of San Candido comes to the appointment with recent victories in exhibition tests against Alexei Popyrin e Stefanos TsitsipasThe odds are all on the side of the world number 1, but beware of underestimating the South American tennis player, who in previous direct clashes has shown himself to be a tough nut to crack. 

Jannik Sinner in training before the Austrian Open. Jarry awaits him in the first round

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The precedents between the two challengers

Up to this point, Sinner and Jarry have faced each other only twice in their careers. The balance is of perfect parity. The first clash between the two dates back to 2019, when Jarry prevailed in the match valid for the round of 500 of the Rosmalen tournament. Our standard-bearer instead won the match of the past year in the first round of the ATP 4 in Beijing, with the South Tyrolean celebrating the comeback success with the score of 6-6, 3-6, 1-XNUMX. 

Sinner's Australian Open Record

Before last year's triumph, with the success in the final act against the Russian Daniil Medvedev with the result of 3-2 (3-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3), Sinner's best result dates back to 2022, when he managed to reach the quarter-finals only to be eliminated from the tournament by the Greek Stephen Tsitsipas with the score of 3-6, 4-6, 2-6. Tsitsipas who knocked out the 2001 class two years ago, stopping his run to the eighth finals. In previous editions, however, the Italian had never gone beyond the second round.

When and at what time does it play?

Il match between Sinner and Jarry it is held in the Italian night between Sunday 12th and Monday 13th January. As this is the second match scheduled at Rod Laver Arena after the US derby between Coco Gauff and Sofia Kenin, it will not start before 4am (Italian time). The match will be broadcast by Eurosport, through its channels Eurosport1 or Eurosport2 HD. It will also be possible to follow the match in streaming, through eurosport.it, Discovery+, SkyGo, Now and Dazn.

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