Jan 26 (Reuters) - Highlights of the ninth day at the Australian Open on Monday (times GMT):
0044 - PLAY STARTS ON THE MAIN SHOWCOURTS
First up at Rod Laver Arena is an all-American showdown between Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys, co-hosts of "The Player's Box" podcast who had promised some trash talk ahead of their fourth-round match.
After that, big-serving American Taylor Fritz, who had struggled with a knee injury coming into the tournament that he said bothered him during his third-round win over
crowd-favourite Stan Wawrinka, battles Italy's Lorenzo Musetti for a chance to face Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinals.
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN ORDER OF PLAY ON MONDAY
Order of play on the main showcourts on the ninth day of the Australian Open (prefix number denotes seeding):
ROD LAVER ARENA
Day session (0030 GMT/1130 AEDT)
6-Jessica Pegula (U.S.) v 9-Madison Keys (U.S.)
5-Lorenzo Musetti (Italy) v 9-Taylor Fritz (U.S.)
Night session (0800 GMT/1900 AEDT)
Maddison Inglis (Australia) v 2-Iga Swiatek (Poland)
8-Ben Shelton (U.S.) v 12-Casper Ruud (Norway)
MARGARET COURT ARENA
Day session (0500 GMT/1600 AEDT)
5-Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan) v 21-Elise Mertens (Belgium)
22-Luciano Darderi (Italy) v 2-Jannik Sinner (Italy)
JOHN CAIN ARENA
Day session (0230 GMT/1330 AEDT)
Wang Xinyu (China) v 4-Amanda Anisimova (U.S.)
(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Jamie Freed)
