Day 8 schedule: Alcaraz leads the Spanish contingent

Seeded number 3 on a big day for Spain Carlos Alcaraz will compete at Rod Laver Arena on Sunday in a bid to get past Great Britain Jack Draper and continue his efforts to complete a career Grand Slam.

The pair have met three times before, with Draper winning the last meeting, although the Brit has never beaten Alcaraz on hardcourt.

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Over at Margaret Court Arena, Spain’s Paula Badosa – only for the second time in the fourth round of the AO – meets Serbia’s Olga Danilovic, who is already breaking new ground here at Melbourne Park.

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They are followed by Badosa’s compatriot Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who will be hoping for a shorter game when he faces 2023 semi-finalist Tommy Paul, as the Spaniard has already spent more than ten hours on the court at AO 2025, including two marathons of five sentences.

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Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka starts in the RLA against 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva, followed by number 3 seed Coco Gauff, who meets Swiss Belinda Bencic.

Novak Djokovic headlines the Night Session at RLA on Day 8 as he continues his quest for a record 25th Grand Slam title. He will face number 24 seed and 2023 quarterfinalist Jiri Lehecka.