What time is Emma Raducanu playing at Australian Open today? How to watch first round clash

The Briton, seeded at a major tournament for the first time in over three years, has still been handed a tricky route to the final despite her advantage.

Raducanu opens her account Down Under against the world No195 Mananchaya Sawangkaew.

Should she get past the Thai player, she could face either Anastasia Potapova or Suzan Lamens in the next round.

The British No1 is scheduled last on Margaret Court Arena – Melbourne Park’s second biggest show court – on day one of the tournament.

She is the second match of the night session, following Jenson Brooksby and Alexander Bublik. She is estimated to take to the court at around 10am GMT.

The night sessions at this year’s tournament begin at 8am GMT, which is 7pm local time.

Raducanu has played just the one warm-up tournament in the lead-up to the year’s first Grand Slam, playing at the Hobart International in Tasmania.

She was the top seed there, but fell in straight sets in the quarter-finals to Taylah Preston, the 20-year-old Australian, who is ranked world No205.

A 6-2, 6-4 defeat on Thursday had followed a comfortable victory over Camila Osorio before Magdalena Frech handed her a walkover in the last 16.