On the night from Saturday to Sunday (January 11 and 12), the first Grand Slam of the Australian Open season begins, and after a long time Bosnia and Herzegovina will also have a tennis player in the main draw.
Damir Džumhur will defend the colors of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and he won his place in the main draw thanks to his placement on the ATP list before the published Entry list for the Australian Open.
In the draw, Damir was unlucky and his opponent was domestic tennis player from Australia, Aleksandar Vukić, who is currently on the 67th place in the ATP list, Džumhur is the 83rd tennis player in the world.
The organizers have announced the schedule and matches of the first round, and what can please all sports fans in Bosnia and Herzegovina is the fact that Džumhur will play on a field covered by cameras.
The duel between Džumhur and Vukić will be played at the Kia Arena, it will be the third match at the Kia Arena on the night from Saturday to Sunday in Central European time and another important fact, the match will not start before 5:30 on Sunday morning. b
If the previous two matches at the Kia Arena are prolonged, the start of the match between Džumhur and Vukić will be delayed, which means that we can follow Damir on Sunday morning with a light morning coffee.
Below is an overview of the matches at the Kia Arena according to the tentative schedule, which is subject to change, depending on the length of the matches.
Kia Arena, Australian Open, 1st round, Sunday 12/1/2025:
01:00 Yuliia Starodubtseva – Leylah Fernandez
03:00 (not before) Gauthier Onclin – Reilly Opelka
05:30 (not before) Damir Džumhur – Aleksandar Vukić
07:30 (not before) Nao Hibino – Marta Kostyuk
Add to this that the Kia Arena has a capacity of 5,000 seats and is one of the larger tennis stadiums in the Australian Open complex in Melbourne. Bigger than Kia Arena are Rod Laver Arena (14,820), John Cain Arena (10,3000), Margaret Court Arena (7,500). Therefore, Dzumhur will play the match of the first round on court number 4.
(Vijesti.ba)
