HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day four at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Jan 19 ( Reuters) - Latest news from the fourth day of the Australian Open tennis championships on Thursday (all times GMT):

0005 KONTA GETS SUPPORT ON MAIN COURT AS DAY FOUR BEGINS

Sydney-born Briton Johanna Konta receives warm support from the Rod Laver Arena crowd as the ninth seed strolls out to face Japanese teenager Naomi Osaka on the main court's first match of day four in beautiful conditions, with temperatures only tipped to reach 26 degrees Celsius.

Former world number one Caroline Wozniacki will follow with her second round clash against Croatia's Donna Vekic, before six-times men's champion Novak Djokovic ends the day session on the court against Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.

ORDER OF PLAY (prefix denotes seeding)

ROD LAVER ARENA

Naomi Osaka ( Japan) v 9-Johanna Konta ( Britain) 17-Caroline Wozniacki ( Denmark) v Donna Vekic (Croatia)

Denis Istomin (Uzbekistan) v 2-Novak Djokovic ( Serbia)

Not before 0800 GMT: Lucie Safarova ( Czech Republic) v 2-Serena Williams (U.S.) Marcos Baghdatis ( Cyprus) v 9-Rafa Nadal ( Spain)

MARGARET COURT ARENA 5-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) v Anna Blinkova ( Russia) 6-Dominika Cibulkova ( Slovakia) v Hsieh Su-Wei ( Taiwan) Gilles Muller ( Luxembourg) v 3-Milos Raonic ( Canada)

Not before 0800 GMT:

Mirjana Lucic-Baroni (Croatia) v 3-Agnieszka Radwanska ( Poland) 8-Dominic Thiem ( Austria) v Jordan Thompson ( Australia)

HISENSE ARENA

Sara Errani ( Italy) v 30-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) 15-Grigor Dimitrov ( Bulgaria) v Chung Hyeon ( South Korea)

Not before 0430 GMT: 6-Gael Monfils ( France) v Alexandr Dolgopolov ( Ukraine)

Not before 0730 GMT: 22-Daria Gavrilova (Australia) v Ana Konjuh (Croatia)

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