Tennis-Australian Open order of play on Thursday

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MELBOURNE, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Order of play on the main showcourts on the fourth day of the Australian Open on Thursday (play begins at 0000 GMT, prefix number denotes seeding):

ROD LAVER ARENA

Viktoria Kuzmova (Slovakia) v 6-Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)

Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) v 16-Milos Raonic (Canada)

1-Simona Halep (Romania) v Sofia Kenin (U.S.)

Not before 0800 GMT

Eugenie Bouchard (Canada) v 16-Serena Williams (U.S.)

1-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) v Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)

MARGARET COURT ARENA

Ivo Karlovic (Croatia) v 8-Kei Nishikori (Japan)

Not before 0200 GMT

4-Naomi Osaka (Japan) v Tamara Zidansek (Slovenia)

Alize Cornet (France) v Venus Williams (U.S.)

Not before 0800 GMT

4-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Jeremy Chardy (France)

Johanna Konta (Britain) v 18-Garbine Muguruza (Spain)

MELBOURNE ARENA

Madison Brengle (U.S.) v 7-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic)

Anastasia Potapova (Russia) v 17-Madison Keys (U.S.)

Chung Hyeon (South Korea) v Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France)

Not before 0700 GMT

Alexei Popyrin (Australia) v 7-Dominic Thiem (Austria) (Compiled by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)