The big match on Day Three of the 2011 Australian Open, Wednesday, January 19^th is between Roger Federer from Switzerland and Gilles Simon from France. This is a second round match and it will happen in the Rod Laver Arena at 7:00PM. There is also a women's singles match happening at the same time on the ladies side, between Jelena Dokic and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova. Roger Federer has played in no less than 11 Australian Opens and he has taken the title four times, the first in 2004, and then in 2006, 2007 and most recently last year.

So Roger Federer will be defending his singles title from 2010. He has only made it to round three in the doubles event of the Australian Open, and that was in 2004. As for Frenchman Gilles Simon, he made it all the way to the number six spot in 2009, and his best performance in the singles competition was being a quarter finalist in 2009. He also made it to the second round in the doubles in 2008. He has made an appearance in the open four times. You can watch Gilles Simon v Roger Federer live from your computer in high quality video by clicking on the links on this page.