Australian Open 2020: day two – live!

Chastened by losing the opening set, Konta has come out all guns blazing in the second, breaking Jabeur in quicktime. She’s moving well despite some fitness concerns, and looking especially dangerous mixing things up and coming into the net.

The first break of the match comes at the worst possible moment for Jo Konta. The 12th seed is now one set down on Ons Jabeur who stepped up a level at 30-30, monstering a Konta second serve then hammering a forehand down the line.

This is interesting. Anyone who saw Serena yesterday knew she served superbly, but a rating of 96 for Sam Querrey! Poor Borna Coric (25) on the other side of the net.

Jabeur holds for 5-4, despite Konta forcing a break point and a couple of deuces.

For people who care about this kind of thing it’s an old-school European tennis apparel clash with Konta (Ellesse) up against Jabeur (Lotto). Very late 80s football casual areas.

Still on serve at 4-4 between Konta and Jabeur. The Briton is striking cleanly from the back of the court while her Tunisian opponent is offering more variety, looking to unsettle Konta’s rhythm.

1573 Arena, in case you wondered, is not the 1573rd court on the precinct. It’s the old show court 2 – the fourth-biggest venue, and largest without a roof. It’s named after a Chinese booze company.

For our UK audience who may still be up hoping for some news on Jo Konta (12), she was one of the 10.30am starters and is currently 3-3 against Ons Jabeur on 1573 Arena.

The headline news is it’s dry and forecast to remain dry all day. However, it will be cool, with temperatures in the 17-21C range kept in check by a southerly breeze. There will be more cloud than bright sunshine for the majority of the action.

The air quality forecast is good to moderate.

Second up on Melbourne Arena is the in-form Madison Keys (10) against the dangerous Daria Kastakina. After them comes Stan Wawrinka (15) before a match-up that promises plenty of entertainment with crowd favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (28) taking on Australian Alexei Popyrin.

Lots to enjoy on 1573 Arena (show court 2) with Jo Konta (12) in action early, followed by the resumption of Fabio Fognini’s first round match – the 12th seed is two sets to love down to the giant Reilly Opelka. Then we have our first look at teenage phenom Felix Auger-Aliasime (20) before perennial contender Elina Svitolina (5) has a hit-out. In a quirk of scheduling Svitolina’s match precedes that of her partner Gael Monfils (10). The tigerish Aryna Sabalenka (11) rounds off a bumper line-up.

Aussies John Millman and Jordan Thompson are in the first two matches on court 3, while court 7 is where you need to be for the conclusion of Max Purcell’s grand slam debut (he’s two sets to love down overnight), as well as Marc Polmans, Alex Bolt, and Priscilla Hon.

Three more Australians in action on court 8 with James Duckworth, Arina Rodionova, and Astra Sharma taking the court.

There’s plenty more besides and we’ll bring you all the breaking news as it arrives throughout the day.

Rod Laver Arena: Up first we have possibly the battle of the round with big-serving second seed Karolina Pliskova taking on the dangerous Kristina Mladenovic. After that, wildcard Maria Sharapova will be up against it when she takes on 19th seed Donna Vekic. By mid-afternoon it will be time for world number one Rafael Nadal to strut his stuff against Bolivian outsider Hugo Dellien.

Margaret Court Arena: Not a show-stopping line-up on MCA with sixth seed Belinda Bencic leading off, followed by fifth seed Dominic Thiem. Ajla Tomljanovic will then hope to improve on Australia’s poor showing yesterday but she will start as underdog against the wily 31st seed Anastasija Sevastova.