paula, on this day of drama another day of drama. the last match out there was going to be against his young come pat try ott. that now not happening as a result of what s been going on the last couple of hours. the number one seed replaced now in the draw by the italian player and the world number 150 salvatore ri caruso. a really lucky loser from qualifying. alexander zverev moving to centre court. he plays his come pcompatriot daniel altmeyer. we still do await djokovic leaving australia. we re standing by to see what happens next. i want to go to you, scott. there was, of course, all of this support.
appreciate it. all right, let s go to tennis expert joining us again. that s the legalities. now to the tennis. what is this going to do to the draw? this rapidly changes the draw obviously in a massive, massive way. novack djokovic was a favorite to win this tournament and all grand slam title before all of this disorder started for him, before he showed up in the country unvaccinated and ran into a major wall the government had built for him unbeknownst to him here. he came to this tournament that he was going to be able to play comfortably. nothing will move around. djokovic will be removed from the draw and when he is assuming he s the next player removed from the draw, he ll be replaced by the top line of the draw with a lucky loser, a distinctly smaller draw card than djokovic. that match will certainly be moved off the marquee arena and
now that we have that order of play, no seeded players would be moved. so what does that mean? it means that lucky loser from qualifying, a really lucky loser from qualifying, right, would get the chance to step up and go into the draw. so that would be the scenario there. but i tell you what, we are still waiting at this hour to find out exactly how this is all going to play. to reset, pick up what ben said a little earlier, this is going to be taking center stage. it s going to be a cauldron of passion on rod laver arena monday evening, the prime time billing. the homegrown favorite, ashley barty, trying to win the australian open. those fans there will be willing her on. then after that, the second match on after 7:00 p.m. on the rod laver arena, is going to be all eyes on novak djokovic, if he does get to play. yeah, that s yeah, exactly. just the way you talk about it, i m excited. you have interviewed djokovic