HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Day six at the Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Jan 21 ( Reuters) - Latest news from day six of the Australian Open tennis championships on Saturday (all times GMT):

0016 PLAY UNDERWAY ON ALL COURTS

Sixth seed Dominika Cibulkova has begun her match against Russia's Ekaterina Makarova on Rod Laver Arena in perfect conditions with the temperature hovering at 19C and not expected to get much warmer.

World number two Serena Williams will follow on the main showcourt against compatriot Nicole Gibbs while Rafa Nadal faces exciting German teenager Alexander Zverev.

ORDER OF PLAY (prefix denotes seeding)

ROD LAVER ARENA

6-Dominika Cibulkova ( Slovakia) v 30-Ekaterina Makarova (Russia)

Nicole Gibbs (U.S.) v 2-Serena Williams (U.S.)

24-Alexander Zverev ( Germany) v 9-Rafael Nadal ( Spain)

Not before 0800 GMT:

22-Daria Gavrilova ( Australia) v 12-Timea Bacsinszky ( Switzerland)

15-Grigor Dimitrov ( Bulgaria) v 18-Richard Gasquet ( France)

MARGARET COURT ARENA

16-Barbora Strycova ( Czech Republic) v 21-Caroline Garcia (France)

8-Dominic Thiem ( Austria) v Benoit Paire (France)

17-Caroline Wozniacki ( Denmark) v 9-Johanna Konta ( Britain)

Not before 0800 GMT:

6-Gael Monfils (France) v 32-Philipp Kohlschreiber (Germany)

5-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) v Jelena Ostapenko ( Latvia)

HISENSE ARENA (Not before 0100 GMT)

20-Ivo Karlovic ( Croatia) v 11-David Goffin ( Belgium)

Not before 0700 GMT:

25-Gilles Simon (France) v 3-Milos Raonic ( Canada)

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(Compiled by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Peter Rutherford)