Jan. 15 (UPI) -- Meetings between Jessica Pegula and Madison Keys and Ben Shelton and Jannik Sinner were among potential matches shown in Thursday's Australian Open draw.
Main draw play for the first Grand Slam of the tennis season will be held Sunday to Feb. 1 in Melbourne. Action will start airing Saturday in the United States because Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time.
Every match from all 15 courts will stream on the ESPN app. Coverage will also be available on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes. The respective women's and men's finals will air at 3:30 p.m. EST Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 on ESPN, with encores at 9 a.m. on ESPN2.
A total of 256 players are set to compete across men's and women's main-draw singles tournaments. Each winner will take home $4.15 million, with the runners-up cashing in for $2.15 million.
No. 2 Jannik Sinner of Italy and No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz of Spain are well ahead of the field as favorites to win the men's title. No. 4 Novak Djokovic of Serbia, No. 12 Daniil Medvedev of Russia and No. 3 Alexander Zverev of Germany are among the other expected contenders on the men's circuit.
