Australian Open 2024: Here’s how to watch on TV, betting odds and a look at upcoming matches

MELBOURNE, Australia — The women’s Australian Open semifinals will be played Thursday with the winners earning a place in Saturday’s final. Stay up-to-date with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about how to watch the year’s first Grand Slam tennis tournament, what the schedule is, what the betting odds are, and more:

WHO IS PLAYING ON DAY 12?

Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka meets U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff for a place in the final of the Australian Open. They’re the only major winners left in the women’s draw and the last two of the 32 seeds. No. 4 Gauff leads No. 2 Sabalenka 4-2 in their career head-to-heads, including in the final in New York last September. Sabalenka won her breakthrough major title here last year and reached the semifinals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon and the U.S. Open final. She is on a 12-match winning streak at Melbourne Park. Gauff is on a 12-match winning streak at majors. No. 12-seeded Zheng Qinwen will play Ukrainian qualifier Dayana Yastremska in the other semifinal. Neither Zheng nor Yastremska has been past the quarterfinals at a major before.

BETTING FAVORITES

FanDuel Sportsbook lists defending champion Aryna Sabalenka as a narrow favorite over U.S. Open champion Coco Gauff. Sabalenka is minus-210 to reach Saturday’s women’s final. Gauff is on offer at plus-176. A plus figure represents longer odds, in which case you’ll win more for your wager, while a minus figure means you’re betting on a more likely outcome — as deemed by FanDuel.

THE SINGLES SCHEDULE

Melbourne’s time zone is 16 hours ahead of the East Coast of the United States, so when the women’s semifinals on Day 12 begin at 7:30 p.m. local time, it’ll be 3:30 a.m. ET. This is the first time the tournament is a 15-day event.

Here is the remaining singles schedule in Australia:

—Thursday: Women’s Semifinals

—Friday: Men’s Semifinals

—Saturday: Women’s Final

—Sunday: Men’s Final

HOW TO WATCH THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN ON TV

—In the U.S.: ESPN

—Other countries are listed here.

KEY RESULTS WEDNESDAY?

Women’s singles: Dayana Yastremska beat Linda Noskova 6-3, 6-4; No. 12 Zheng Qinwen beat Anna Kalinskaya 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-1.

Men’s singles: No. 6 Alexander Zverev beat No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz 6-1, 6-3, 6-7 (2), 6-4; No. 3 Daniil Medvedev beat No. 9 Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4.

GET CAUGHT UP

What to read about the Australian Open:

— Basic facts and figures about the tournament

—Some new faces among the women’s quarterfinalists

— No handshakes. Ukraine players have a message

— Li Na makes a surprise visit to see Zheng

— Can too many tennis ball changes cause injury?

— A courtside bar is dividing opinion

— Players complain about a rule change for spectators

— 2022 Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins announces a 2024 retirement

— The late show with Daniil Medvedev

— The pressure is off Coco Gauff

— A look at the draw in Melbourne

— Men to watch

— Women to watch

A TENNIS QUIZ

Try your hand at the ’s Australian Open quiz.

STATS TO KNOW

100 — The number of matches Daniil Medvedev has played in Grand Slams. His win over Hubert Hurkacz was his 75th.

46 — Years since the only woman other than Dayana Yastremska went through qualifying before reaching the semifinals of the Australian Open.

WORDS TO KNOW

“Look, I’m playing one of the best players in the world, especially over the last two years,” Zverev said. “He’s been No. 1, No. 2 constantly. He’s won two Grand Slams. And when you’re up 6-1, 6-3, 5-2, you start thinking. I mean, we’re all human.” — Zverev on his missed chance to close out a straight-set win against Alcaraz.

“It’s my mission here. If I do well, I can get -- tough to express. I’m just trying to give the signal to Ukraine that I’m really proud of it.” — Yastremska.

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