Day six order of play: Time for semifinal action

Semifinal day at Hobart International 2016
14 January 2016, by hobartinternational.com.au

The order of play for day six of the 2016 Hobart International has now been released.

The day starts with a doubles semifinal between top seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja against Australian duo Kimberly Birrell and Jarmila Wolfe. This match starts at 11am on centre court.

Third seed Dominika Cibulkova plays Eugenie Bouchard in theĀ first singles semifinal. This match is scheduled to start atĀ 2.30pm. Tournament director Mark Handley said the later starting time was set to allow players time to recover from tonight’s late-finishing quarterfinal.

> Read Bouchard’s thoughts on the match

Entertainment will be provided to day session ticket holders between the doubles and singles semifinals.

The second semifinal, between seventh seed Alize Cornet and the winner of tonight’s quarterfinal between 2015 champion Heather Watson or Johanna Larsson, follows. Play will not start before 5.30pm.

The final match on the schedule is a doubles semifinal between Xinyun Han and Christina McHale against defending champions Kiki Bertens and Johanna Larsson.

> View full order of play