New Australian Open villain Danielle Collins and reigning men’s champion Jannik Sinner are among those in action on night 7 at Melbourne Park.
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Collins, who drew the ire of Aussie fans for her antics after beating local Destanee Aiava, faces fellow American Madison Keys in the second match on centre court tonight.
Before that Sinner continues his quest for back-to-back titles against the unseeded Marcos Giron.
Last Aussie standing Alex de Minaur was in action earlier today.
Earlier Channel 9 host Tony Jones angered Novak Djokovic’s supporters by going rogue and sledging the Serbian superstar on a live broadcast.
Jones was reading the sports news for Nine’s evening news bulletin live from Melbourne Park on Friday night when a large group of Djokovic fans holding Serbian flags began cheering in the background behind him.
“Welcome back to Melbourne Park, where you can see the Novak Djokovic fans, they’re in full voice,” Jones said.
“The chants are quite extraordinary,” he added, before firing a few bold sledges back to the Djokovic fans.
“Novak, he’s overrated,” Jones sang.
“Novak’s a has-been. Novak, kick him out.
“Boy, I’m glad they can’t hear me. Anyway, let’s get onto the tennis.”
As he finished his bulletin, Jones said: “Alright that wraps it up from Melbourne Park. Somehow I’m going to have to get out of here.
“No we’re fine, we had selfies. I told them I was Clint Stanaway.”
Nine newsreader Tom Steinfort chimed in from the studio: “I didn’t think anyone would be more unpopular than Danielle Collins after last night’s antics, but Tony you’ve taken the cake.”
In a comment provided to news.com.au, Jones said: “It was good natured banter with the Serbian fans. We’ve been doing it all tournament and it’s all in good fun. This is the happy Slam.”
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AUSTRALIAN OPEN NIGHT 7 ORDER OF PLAY (All times AEDT)
Rod Laver Arena
Night session from 7pm
No.1 Jannik Sinner (ITA) vs Marcos Giron (USA)
No.19 Madison Keys (USA) vs No.10 Danielle Collins (USA)
Margaret Court Arena
Night session from 7pm
No.28 Elina Svitolina (UKR) vs No.4 Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) vs No.13 Holger Rune (DEN)
John Cain Arena
Not before 5pm
No.21 Ben Shelton (USA) vs No.16 Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)
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