LIVE: Legend reveals 'dream' of Barty return

Thanasi Kokkinakis was outstanding successful his archetypal circular clash against Fabio Fognini past night, dominating the archetypal 2 and a fractional sets earlier play was suspended.

The Aussie is up 4-2 successful the 3rd set, and is conscionable 2 games distant from the 2nd round, but determination are fears that the interruption could revitalise the Italian.

"Going to get four-two up, 2 games distant from winning tin beryllium precise annoying arsenic well. Fabio mightiness travel retired with a antithetic attitude," says Dylan Alcott connected Nine's coverage.

"If helium decides to unleash, Fabio, helium tin bash immoderate harm due to the fact that helium has thing to lose," Todd Woodbridge adds.

"Especially erstwhile you consciousness similar you should person been done retired of the tournament, similar you said booking a summons home. Thanasi volition decorativeness that lucifer off, unopen it down, immoderate consciousness of that comeback oregon thing astatine all, conscionable get backmost into the locker room," says Jelena Dokic.

Certainly not a formality conscionable yet for Kokkinakis.

Alexei Popyrin had an awesome travel from down triumph successful the aboriginal hours of this morning, booking his spot successful the seocnd round.

Aussie greats Todd Woodbridge and Jelena Dokic some judge that could kick-start a coagulated calendar twelvemonth for the youngster.

"He needed a triumph similar this to truly kick-start this twelvemonth and get wherever helium truly should beryllium connected the rankings," Woodbridge said connected Nine's coverage.

"To inactive travel backmost and triumph the 4th acceptable 7-6 astatine that clip of the nighttime oregon aboriginal greeting and travel done and triumph the 5th 1 6-1 that shows that intelligence spot that he's travel successful this twelvemonth and talked about," Dokic adds.

"This is simply a precise important triumph erstwhile it comes to the discourse not conscionable of this Australian Open but this twelvemonth for him."

Here's the lineup of matches connected the main courts for Day 3, with play scheduled to get underway from 11am AEDT.

Rod Laver Arena

[1] Iga Swiatek v Camila Osorio

[3] Jessica Pegula v Aliaksandra Sasnovich

Not earlier 2pm AEDT

[1] Rafael Nadal v Mackenzie McDonald

Not earlier 7pm AEDT

Emma Raducanu v [7] Coco Gauff

[3] Stefanos Tsitsipas v Rinky Hijikata (AUS)

Margaret Court Arena

Diana Shnaider v [6] Maria Sakkari

Alex Molcan v [6] Felix Auger-Aliassime

[10] Madison Keys v Xinyu Wang

Not earlier 7pm AEDT

John Millman (AUS) v [7] Daniil Medvedev

Karolina Muchova v [13] Danielle Collins

John Cain Arena

Tomas Martin Etcheverry v [15] Jannik Sinner

Anhelina Kalinina v [15] Petra Kvitova

Juncheng Shang v [16] Frances Tiafoe

Not earlier 5pm AEDT

[18] Karen Khachanov v Jason Kubler (AUS)

[22] Elena Rybakina v Kaja Juvan

Kia Arena

Cristina Busca v Bianca Andreescu

Not earlier 12:30pm AEDT

Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) v Fabio Fognini (suspended from Day 2)

[8] Daria Kasatkina v Varvara Gracheva

Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v Marta Kostyuk

[11] Cameron Norrie v Constant Lestienne

We had a severely interrupted time connected time 2 with archetypal the vigor and past a wicked alteration successful the evening causing aggregate matches to beryllium suspended.

The infamous Melbourne upwind is acceptable to play spoil athletics erstwhile again, with rainfall presently bucketing down onto Melbourne Park.

Play is acceptable to get underway astatine 11am, but it remains to beryllium seen whether the outdoor courts volition beryllium adust capable astatine that time.

Ash Barty is backmost astatine the Australian Open, returning to the tribunal for the inaugural First Nations time with chap Aussie large Evonne Goolagong Cawley.

Barty retired from the athletics soon aft winning past year's Australian Open, and Aussie large Jelena Dokic says it would beryllium superb to spot her backmost connected the tribunal again.

"We tin dream, can't we? It would beryllium large to spot her back. We truly miss her connected the court," she told Nine's TODAY.

"It's the inaugural First Nations time contiguous and we observe the civilization and the practice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.

"She is backmost unneurotic with her mentor and person Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Doesn't get overmuch amended than that."

Novak Djokovic "pulled rank" connected the seat umpire according to doubles large Mark Woodforde, erstwhile helium ignored the authoritative to instrumentality a toilet interruption midway done the archetypal acceptable of his opening circular triumph against Spain's Roberto Carbales Baena connected Tuesday night.

After grabbing his towel astatine the alteration of ends, Djokovic turned and said "I'm going to the toilet" successful the seat umpire's direction.

But the authoritative didn't hear, forcing Djokovic to repeatedly accidental "hello" 3 times to get her attention.

"I'm going to the toilet," helium repeated.

Viewers astatine location couldn't perceive what she said successful response but appeared to beryllium heard by Channel 9's commentary team. Djokovic paused and past turned and ran retired of the arena.

"Well I deliberation he's really conscionable pulled fertile there," Aussie tennis fable Mark Woodforde added. "I deliberation the authoritative was trying to propulsion him back."

"He's conscionable tally disconnected the court," John Fitzgerald added.

"He's gone disconnected without permission, it seems. "I mean, 3-2 successful the archetypal set?"

The seat umpire spoke to the authoritative who followed the subordinate disconnected tribunal and seemed to beryllium miffed by Djokovic's actions.

The seat umpire called clip and Djokovic returned to the tribunal successful clip to debar a penalty.

Hello and invited to Wide World of Sports' unrecorded sum of time 3 of the Australian Open astatine Melbourne.

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