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Australian Open 2019 schedule and order of play for Sunday, January 20

Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer are the headline acts on Sunday as the Australian Open quarter-finals start to take shape.

No.2 seed Nadal faces Tomas Berdych in the Rod Laver Arena, a player he has lost to just once in 13 years, before Federer tests himself against crowd favourite Stephanos Tsitsipas.

American Sloane Stephens closes proceedings on the court, while Marin Cillic and Roberto Bautista Agut entertain the Margaret Court Arena crowd.

Here’s the full schedule and order of play for Sunday January 20...

Rod Laver Arena | Play begins from 12am GMT

  1. (8) Petra Kvitova (Cze) v Amanda Anisimova (USA)
  2. (15) Ashleigh Barty (Aus) v (30) Maria Sharapova (Rus)
  3. Tomas Berdych (Cze) v (2) Rafael Nadal (Spa)
  4. (14) Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gre) v (3) Roger Federer (Swi)
  5. (5) Sloane Stephens (USA) v Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus)
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Margaret Court Arena | Play begins from 2am GMT

  1. Irina Bara (Rom) & Monica Niculescu (Rom) v (9) Raquel Atawo (USA) & Katarina Srebotnik (Slo)
  2. Danielle Collins (USA) v (2) Angelique Kerber (Ger)
  3. (6) Marin Cilic (Cro) v (22) Roberto Bautista Agut (Spa)

Melbourne Arena | Play begins from 12am GMT

  1. Kaitlyn Christian (USA) & Asia Muhammed (USA) v (5) Andreja Klepac (Slo) & Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa)
  2. Frances Tiafoe (USA) v (20) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul)
  3. (12) Henri Kontinen (Fin) & John Peers (Aus) v Radu Albot (Mol) & Malek Jaziri (Tun)
  4. (3) Barbora Krejcikova (Cze) & Rajeev Ram (USA) v Timea Bacsinszky (Swi) & Nicolas Mahut (Fra)

Court 8 | Play begins from 12am GMT

  1. Alicja Rosolska (Pol) & Nikola Mektic (Cro) v Iga Swiatek (Pol) & Lukasz Kubot (Pol)
  2. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cze) & Marketa Vondrousova (Cze) v Nao Hibino (Jpn) & Desirae Krawczyk (USA)
  3. Blake Ellis (Aus) & Alexei Popyrin (Aus) v Marcelo Arevalo (Esa) & James Cerretani (USA)
  4. Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Jamie Murray (Gbr) v (4) Mihaela Buzarnescu (Rom) & Oliver Marach (Aut)

1573 Arena | Play begins from 12am GMT

  1. Kristina Mladenovic (Fra) & Robert Lindstedt (Swe) v Johanna Larsson (Swe) & Dominic Inglot (Gbr)
  2. Irina-Camelia Begu (Rom) & Horia Tecau (Rom) v (2) Nicole Melichar (USA) & Bruno Soares (Bra)
  3. Katarina Srebotnik (Slo) & Franko Skugor (Cro) v Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (Spa) & Kenneth Skupski (Gbr)

Court 3 | Play begins from 12am GMT

  1. Maximo Gonzalez (Arg) & Nicolas Jarry (Chi) v Leonardo Mayer (Arg) & Joao Sousa (Por)
  2. (7) Hao-Ching Chan (Tpe) & Latisha Chan (Tpe) v Aliaksandra Sasnovich (Blr) & Taylor Townsend (USA)
  3. Pablo Carreno-Busta (Spa) & Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spa) v (4) Bob Bryan (USA) & Mike Bryan (USA)
  4. Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & Frederik Nielsen (Den) v (6) Raven Klaasen (Rsa) & Michael Venus (Nzl)
  5. (1) Gabriela Dabrowski (Can) & Ante Pavic (Cro) v Priscilla Hon (Aus) & Alexei Popyrin (Aus)

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