Top names – Djokovic, Azarenka, Federer, Sharapova, Murray and Williams – are advancing in the second week (the “business end”) of tennis’ first major of 2013 – the Australian Open presented by Franklin Templeton Investments.

Action continues tonight at 7 p.m. on ESPN3 with top-seed Victoria Azarenka vs. Svetlana Kuznetsova.  At 9 p.m., ESPN2 begins with Serena Williams facing the player many see as the next American star, Sloane Stephens, in a quarterfinal match.  Late tonight at 3:30 a.m. Roger Federer will meet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to advance to the semifinals.  Live late-night, marathon telecasts continue through the women’s championship Saturday, Jan 26, and the men’s championship Sunday, Jan. 27, both at 3 a.m. with reairs later each day at 9 a.m. and in prime time.  The telecasts – plus other courts on ESPN3 – are available through WatchESPN online at WatchESPN.com and on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app.

ESPN’s 29th consecutive Australian Open represents the company’s longest uninterrupted professional sports programming relationship.

This week’s television schedule (For these charts, all times are Eastern, and each day “begins” at 6 a.m. ET.  Therefore, the listing Sat., Jan. 26 at 3 a.m. ET is actually very late on Saturday night.):

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