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The opening Grand Slam on the tennis calendar got underway on Sunday with a handful of matches. The 2026 Australian Open runs for the next two weeks. Most of the top players on the men's and women's side are expected to make deep runs.
Play in the Australian Open is scheduled to begin 11 a.m. local time Sunday (7 p.m. Saturday EST) on the hard courts of Melbourne Park
Get ready for the 2026 Australian Open with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the first Grand Slam tennis tournament of the season on TV, who the defending champions are, what the schedule is and more:
Carlos Alcaraz described his five‑set win over Alexander Zverev in the Australian Open semi-finals as one of the most demanding matches of his career, saying he never once thought of quitting even as crippling cramp threatened to stop him in his tracks.