• Defending women's champion Victoria Azarenka on Rod Laver
• Bryan brothers take on Paul Hanley and Jonathan Marray
Australian Open order of play for Thursday 16 January (play starts midnight GMT):
*Rod Laver Arena: *Karin Knapp (It) v (3) Maria Sharapova (Rus), Christina McHale (US) v (10) Caroline Wozniacki (Den), (1) Rafael Nadal (Sp) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus)
*Not before 8am (GMT): *Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cz) v (2) Victoria Azarenka (Blr), (4) Andy Murray (GB) v Vincent Millot (Fr)
*Hisense Arena: *Olivia Rogowska (Aus) v Elina Svitolina (Ukr), (10) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fr) v Thomaz Bellucci (Br), (5) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) v Olga Govortsova (Blr), Blaz Kavcic (Svn) v (6) Roger Federer (Swi)
*Margaret Court Arena: *(25) Alize Cornet (Fr) v Camila Giorgi (It), (13) Sloane Stephens (US) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro), Svetlana Kuznetsova & Samantha Stosur (Rus/Aus) v Irina Buryachok & Oksana Kalashnikova (Ukr/Geo), Jack Sock (US) v (25) Gael Monfils (Fr)
*Not before 8am (GMT): *(27) Benoît Paire (Fr) v Nick Kyrgios (Aus)
*Show Court 2: *(16) Carla Suárez-Navarro (Sp) v Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz), Venus Williams & Serena Williams (US) v (12) Kristina Mladenovic & Flavia Pennetta (Fr/It), Marin Cilic (Cro) v (18) Gilles Simon (Fr), Roberto Bautista-Agut (Sp) v (5) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg)
*Show Court 3: *(24) Andreas Seppi (It) v Donald Young (US), (31) Fernando Verdasco (Sp) v Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus), (8) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) v Ayumi Morita (Jpn), Kurumi Nara (Jpn) v (32) Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk)
*Court 5: *Matt Reid & Luke Saville (Aus) v (15) Jamie Murray & John Peers (GB/Aus), Monica Niculescu & Klara Zakopalova (Rom/Cz) v Irina-Camelia Begu & Sorana Cirstea (Rom), Mikhail Elgin & Denis Istomin (Rus/Uzb) v (11) Julien Benneteau & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra), Eugenie Bouchard & Vera Dushevina (Can/Rus) v Valeria Solovyeva & Elina Svitolina (Rus/Ukr)
*Court 6: *Dusan Lajovic (Ser) v (16) Kei Nishikori (Jpn), Garbine Muguruza (Sp) v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk), Lu Yen-hsun (Tai) v (22) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul), (5) Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek (Ind/Cz) v Lukas Dlouhy & Lukas Rosol (Cz)
*Court 7: *(7) Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Safarova (Cz) v Kimiko Date Krumm & Zhang Shuai (Jpn/Chn), Nicholas Monroe & Horacio Zeballos (US/Arg) v Max Mirnyi & Mikhail Youzhny (Blr/Rus), Alexandra Panova & Karolina Pliskova (Rus/Cz) v (5) Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua (Aus), Alex Bolt & Andrew Whittington (Aus) v Julian Knowle & Vasek Pospisil (Aus/Can)
*Court 8: *Varvara Lepchenko (US) v (11) Simona Halep (Rom), Stéphane Robert (Fr) v Michal Przysiezny (Pol), (1) Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (US) v Paul Hanley & Jonathan Marray (Aus/GB), Michael Berrer (Ger) v (26) Feliciano López (Sp)
*Court 11: *(13) Michael Llodra & Nicolas Mahut (Fr) v Pablo Andújar & Leonardo Mayer (Sp/Arg), Rameez Junaid & Adrian Mannarino (Aus/Fr) v (7) Rohan Bopanna & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Ind/Pak), Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini (It) v Ryan Harrison & Sam Querrey (US), Alize Cornet & Caroline Garcia (Fr) v (10) Marina Erakovic & Zheng Jie (NZ/Chn)
*Court 13: *Marina Erakovic (NZ) v Zarina Diyas (Kaz), Stefanie Vögele (Swi) v (20) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk), (11) Milos Raonic (Can) v Victor Hanescu (Rom), (33) Bojana Jovanovski (Ser) v Yvonne Meusburger (Aut)
*Court 15: *Tammi Patterson & Arina Rodionova (Aus) v (6) Cara Black & Sania Mirza (Zim/Ind), (1) Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci (It) v Mona Barthel & Megan Moulton-Levy (Ger/US), Jarkko Nieminen & Dmitry Tursunov (Fin/Rus) v Andre Begemann & Martin Emmrich (Ger), (9) Alla Kudryavtseva & Anastasia Rodionova (Rus/Aus) v Jarmila Gajdosova & Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus/Cro)
*Court 19: *Mandy Minella (Lux) v (29) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus), Blaz Rola (Svn) v Martin Klizan (Svk), (15) Daniela Hantuchova & Lisa Raymond (Svk/US) v Mandy Minella & Chanelle Scheepers (Lux/SA), Tobias Kamke & Florian Mayer (Ger) v Andreas Seppi & Potito Starace (It)
*Court 20: *Robin Haase & Christopher Kas (Neth/Ger) v Nikolay Davydenko & Andrey Golubev (Rus/Kaz), Kiki Bertens & Kirsten Flipkens (Neth/Bel) v Lucie Hradecka & Michaella Krajicek (Cz/Neth), Lauren Davis & Lourdes Dominguez Lino (US/Sp) v (3) Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina (Rus), Dominika Cibulkova & Yanina Wickmayer (Svk/Bel) v Timea Babos & Petra Martic (Hun/Cro)
*Court 22: *Eva Hrdinova & Paula Ormaechea (Cz/Arg) v Hsieh Su-wei & Peng Shuai (Tai/Chn), Daniele Bracciali & Alexandr Dolgopolov (It/Ukr) v Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram (Isr), Han Xinyun & Miki Miyamura (Chn/Jpn) v Madison Keys & Alison Riske (US), Francesca Schiavone & Carla Suárez-Navarro (It/Sp) v Annika Beck & Andrea Petkovic (Ger)
*To be arranged: *(3) David Marrero & Fernando Verdasco (Sp) v James Duckworth & Matthew Ebden (Aus) Reported by guardian.co.uk 8 hours ago.
• Bryan brothers take on Paul Hanley and Jonathan Marray
Australian Open order of play for Thursday 16 January (play starts midnight GMT):
*Rod Laver Arena: *Karin Knapp (It) v (3) Maria Sharapova (Rus), Christina McHale (US) v (10) Caroline Wozniacki (Den), (1) Rafael Nadal (Sp) v Thanasi Kokkinakis (Aus)
*Not before 8am (GMT): *Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (Cz) v (2) Victoria Azarenka (Blr), (4) Andy Murray (GB) v Vincent Millot (Fr)
*Hisense Arena: *Olivia Rogowska (Aus) v Elina Svitolina (Ukr), (10) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (Fr) v Thomaz Bellucci (Br), (5) Agnieszka Radwanska (Pol) v Olga Govortsova (Blr), Blaz Kavcic (Svn) v (6) Roger Federer (Swi)
*Margaret Court Arena: *(25) Alize Cornet (Fr) v Camila Giorgi (It), (13) Sloane Stephens (US) v Ajla Tomljanovic (Cro), Svetlana Kuznetsova & Samantha Stosur (Rus/Aus) v Irina Buryachok & Oksana Kalashnikova (Ukr/Geo), Jack Sock (US) v (25) Gael Monfils (Fr)
*Not before 8am (GMT): *(27) Benoît Paire (Fr) v Nick Kyrgios (Aus)
*Show Court 2: *(16) Carla Suárez-Navarro (Sp) v Galina Voskoboeva (Kaz), Venus Williams & Serena Williams (US) v (12) Kristina Mladenovic & Flavia Pennetta (Fr/It), Marin Cilic (Cro) v (18) Gilles Simon (Fr), Roberto Bautista-Agut (Sp) v (5) Juan Martin Del Potro (Arg)
*Show Court 3: *(24) Andreas Seppi (It) v Donald Young (US), (31) Fernando Verdasco (Sp) v Teymuraz Gabashvili (Rus), (8) Jelena Jankovic (Ser) v Ayumi Morita (Jpn), Kurumi Nara (Jpn) v (32) Magdalena Rybarikova (Svk)
*Court 5: *Matt Reid & Luke Saville (Aus) v (15) Jamie Murray & John Peers (GB/Aus), Monica Niculescu & Klara Zakopalova (Rom/Cz) v Irina-Camelia Begu & Sorana Cirstea (Rom), Mikhail Elgin & Denis Istomin (Rus/Uzb) v (11) Julien Benneteau & Edouard Roger-Vasselin (Fra), Eugenie Bouchard & Vera Dushevina (Can/Rus) v Valeria Solovyeva & Elina Svitolina (Rus/Ukr)
*Court 6: *Dusan Lajovic (Ser) v (16) Kei Nishikori (Jpn), Garbine Muguruza (Sp) v Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Svk), Lu Yen-hsun (Tai) v (22) Grigor Dimitrov (Bul), (5) Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek (Ind/Cz) v Lukas Dlouhy & Lukas Rosol (Cz)
*Court 7: *(7) Andrea Hlavackova & Lucie Safarova (Cz) v Kimiko Date Krumm & Zhang Shuai (Jpn/Chn), Nicholas Monroe & Horacio Zeballos (US/Arg) v Max Mirnyi & Mikhail Youzhny (Blr/Rus), Alexandra Panova & Karolina Pliskova (Rus/Cz) v (5) Ashleigh Barty & Casey Dellacqua (Aus), Alex Bolt & Andrew Whittington (Aus) v Julian Knowle & Vasek Pospisil (Aus/Can)
*Court 8: *Varvara Lepchenko (US) v (11) Simona Halep (Rom), Stéphane Robert (Fr) v Michal Przysiezny (Pol), (1) Bob Bryan & Mike Bryan (US) v Paul Hanley & Jonathan Marray (Aus/GB), Michael Berrer (Ger) v (26) Feliciano López (Sp)
*Court 11: *(13) Michael Llodra & Nicolas Mahut (Fr) v Pablo Andújar & Leonardo Mayer (Sp/Arg), Rameez Junaid & Adrian Mannarino (Aus/Fr) v (7) Rohan Bopanna & Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (Ind/Pak), Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini (It) v Ryan Harrison & Sam Querrey (US), Alize Cornet & Caroline Garcia (Fr) v (10) Marina Erakovic & Zheng Jie (NZ/Chn)
*Court 13: *Marina Erakovic (NZ) v Zarina Diyas (Kaz), Stefanie Vögele (Swi) v (20) Dominika Cibulkova (Svk), (11) Milos Raonic (Can) v Victor Hanescu (Rom), (33) Bojana Jovanovski (Ser) v Yvonne Meusburger (Aut)
*Court 15: *Tammi Patterson & Arina Rodionova (Aus) v (6) Cara Black & Sania Mirza (Zim/Ind), (1) Sara Errani & Roberta Vinci (It) v Mona Barthel & Megan Moulton-Levy (Ger/US), Jarkko Nieminen & Dmitry Tursunov (Fin/Rus) v Andre Begemann & Martin Emmrich (Ger), (9) Alla Kudryavtseva & Anastasia Rodionova (Rus/Aus) v Jarmila Gajdosova & Ajla Tomljanovic (Aus/Cro)
*Court 19: *Mandy Minella (Lux) v (29) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Rus), Blaz Rola (Svn) v Martin Klizan (Svk), (15) Daniela Hantuchova & Lisa Raymond (Svk/US) v Mandy Minella & Chanelle Scheepers (Lux/SA), Tobias Kamke & Florian Mayer (Ger) v Andreas Seppi & Potito Starace (It)
*Court 20: *Robin Haase & Christopher Kas (Neth/Ger) v Nikolay Davydenko & Andrey Golubev (Rus/Kaz), Kiki Bertens & Kirsten Flipkens (Neth/Bel) v Lucie Hradecka & Michaella Krajicek (Cz/Neth), Lauren Davis & Lourdes Dominguez Lino (US/Sp) v (3) Ekaterina Makarova & Elena Vesnina (Rus), Dominika Cibulkova & Yanina Wickmayer (Svk/Bel) v Timea Babos & Petra Martic (Hun/Cro)
*Court 22: *Eva Hrdinova & Paula Ormaechea (Cz/Arg) v Hsieh Su-wei & Peng Shuai (Tai/Chn), Daniele Bracciali & Alexandr Dolgopolov (It/Ukr) v Jonathan Erlich & Andy Ram (Isr), Han Xinyun & Miki Miyamura (Chn/Jpn) v Madison Keys & Alison Riske (US), Francesca Schiavone & Carla Suárez-Navarro (It/Sp) v Annika Beck & Andrea Petkovic (Ger)
*To be arranged: *(3) David Marrero & Fernando Verdasco (Sp) v James Duckworth & Matthew Ebden (Aus) Reported by guardian.co.uk 8 hours ago.