Australian Open order of play on Day 8: Federer, Djokovic and Kerber in action

World No 1 Halep and a handful of players from the Czech Republic will also be seen in action on Monday

Angelique Kerber will be one of the top-draw players to be in action on Monday. Joe Castro / EPA

Order of play on the main showcourts on Day 8 of the Australian Open on Monday at Melbourne Park. All times UAE (+4 GMT), (prefix number denotes seeding):

ROD LAVER ARENA - play starts at 4am

17-Madison Keys (United States) v 8-Caroline Garcia (France)

Hsieh Su-wei (Chinese Taipei) v 21-Angelique Kerber (Germany)

Marton Fucsovics (Hungary) v 2-Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Evening session (play starts at noon)

14-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Chung Hyeon (South Korea)

20-Barbara Strycova (Czech Republic) v 6-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)

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MARGARET COURT ARENA - play starts at 4am

TBA doubles match to be played first

25-Fabio Fognini (Italy) v 19-Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic), likely to be no earlier than 6am

1-Simona Halep (Romania) v Naomi Osaka (Japan)

HISENSE ARENA

5-Dominic Thiem (Austria) v Tennys Sandgren (United States) is fourth match after three doubles matches, unlikely to be on court before 10am