Re-live all the action from day 2 at the Australian Open

CATCH UP on all the latest results and news from day two of the Australian Open. FULL OPEN COVERAGE.

CATCH UP on all the key results and news from day two of the Australian Open at Melbourne Park.

10.28pm AEDT - AUSSIE GAJDOSOVA STILL WINLESS

Jarmila Gajdosova has not won a match at the Australian Open in eight tries now after losing in straight sets to Belgian No.20 seed Yanina Wickmayer on Rod Laver Arena tonight.

The Aussie produced 14 unforced errors and just two winners to gift Wickmayer the first set 6-1.

The second set was a different story entirely, with Gajdosova pulling out 16 winners to Wickmayer's five and - even had set point - but she dropped serve four times in the set and eventually lost it 7-5.

10pm AEDT - MONFILS TOO GOOD FOR DOLGOPOLOV

Another seed is gone, with Gael Monfils beating Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov in four tight sets on Margaret Court Arena.

The Frenchman ousted the 18th seed 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-3 and will next meet Yen-Hsun Lu.

8.45pm AEDT - TOMIC CRUISES INTO SECOND ROUND

Bernard Tomic rolled into the second round of the Australian Open with a ridiculously comfortable victory over Leonardo Mayer.

The Argentine struggled to get on top of the Australian's serve throughout the match and could not match Tomic's power from the back of the court.

With the 6-3 6-2 6-3 win, Tomic set up a second round meeting with little known German Daniel Brands, who upset 27th seed Martin Klizan 6-3 3-6 6-3 6-4.

Roger Federer is likely awaiting the winner in the third round.

Jarkko Nieminen

8.38pm AEDT - HAAS LOSES EPIC

Jarkko Nieminen has ousted the 34-year-old Tommy Haas in an epic on Show Court 3.

The final score: 7-6 4-6 6-3 4-6 8-6 in a little under four hours.

The 19th seed says goodbye.

7.15pm AEDT - SIMON THROUGH

Gilles Simon shook off an early scare to a 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 win against Italy's Filippo Volandri.

Tommy Haas is down two sets to one against Jarkko Nieminen and it's level at 3-all in the fourth. Good battle.

Gael Monfils and Alexandr Dolgopolov are under way on Margaret Court. Two-all in the first.

6.59pm AEDT

19-Tommy Haas v Jarkko Nieminen 6-7 6-4 3-6

14-Gilles Simon vs Filippo Volandri 2-6 6-3 6-2 1-2

German veteran Tommy Haas is in trouble, down two sets to one against Nieminen. Could be an upset on our hands.

Frenchman Gilles Simon appears to have taken control of his match against Italy's Filippo Volandri, overcoming a slow start to take a two sets to one lead.

6.48pm AEDT - MATOSEVIC BOWS OUT

Croatia's Marin Cilic has accounted for Australia's Marinko Matosevic, 6-4 7-5 6-2, putting even more pressure on Bernard Tomic to produce tonight.

Matosevic had a set point in the second but could not capitalise and the big 12th seed made him pay.

6.29pm AEDT 

Tommy Haas has taken the second set against Jarkko Nieminen to level it at a set apiece.

6.15pm AEDT - MATOSEVIC DOWN TWO SETS TO LOVE

Marinko Matosevic had a set point in the second set but 12th seed Marin Cilic turned it around and has broken to take a 6-4 7-5 lead, giving the Aussie one hell of a hill to climb.

A couple of seeds are in a real battle in the meantime. Tommy Haas, the 19th seed, dropped the first 7-6 to Jarkko Nieminen and it's 4-4 in the second.

And 14th seed Gilles Simon has hit back to take the second set against Filippo Volandri to make it 2-6 6-3. 

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5.30pm AEDT - DUCKWORTH WINS BATTLE OF BEST MATES
Del Potro vs Mannarino 6-1 4-1
Matosevic (Aus) vs Cilic 4-6 1-1

The Duck quacked loudest in the battle of the best mates, with James Duckworth defeating fellow Aussie Ben Mitchell in a five-set thriller.

Duckworth won the opening two sets but Mitchell hit back hard to win the next two before running out of legs in the last as Duckworth reached the second round for the second year in a row.

The break points flowed thick and fast in the final set, with Duckworth surviving two in the third game before producing a couple of monster serves to stay on track, then pouncing in the next game after some loose Mitchell shots to grab a 3-1 lead.

Duckworth withstood another three break points before finally conceding the seventh game of the set as Mitchell got things back on serve, then saved more break points when the scores were locked at 4-4.

Both players endured tense moments on their service games until Mitchell wilted at 6-7, spraying two forehands to hand Duckworth the break of serve and the win.

Duckworth now has a great chance to reach the third round when he takes on Slovenian unknown Blaz Kavcic on Thursday.

James Duckworth

5.13pm AEDT

Aussie No.1 Marinko Matosevic has dropped the first set 6-4 to 12th seed Marin Cilic.

Matosevic went toe to toe with the big Croat, but dropped serve in the ninth game, allowing Cilic to serve it out.

4.25pm AEDT - NO WORRIES FIRST UP FOR FED

No surprises for guessing Roger Federer's first-round result.

The No.2 seed got better as his match against Frenchman Benoit Paire wore on, breaking him six times to win 6-2 6-4 6-1 in just 1hr 23mins.

Different fortunes for another Frenchman, however, with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga taking care of business with a 6-4 7-5 6-2 win over compatriate Michael Llodra.

Serena vows to play through pain

4.19pm AEDT

A pumped-up Ben Mitchell has taken his match against fellow Aussie James Duckworth to a fifth set.

Mitchell appeared down and out after Duckworth won the first two sets 6-4 7-6, but the Gold Coast 20-year-old, who played only two matches on the ATP Tour last year and won neither, fought back to take the next two 6-4 7-5.

4.15pm AEDT
Federer vs Paire 6-2 6-4 4-1
Tsonga vs Llodra 6-4 7-5 3-2

Rising American Sloane Stephens has crushed Simona Halep in her first-round match, hammering out 19 winners to four to win 6-1 6-1 in just 47 minutes.

Over on Rod Laver Arena, Roger Federer is only a couple of games away from moving through to the second round, leading Benoit Paire 6-2 6-4 4-1.

3.28pm AEDT - ANOTHER AUSSIE FALLS
Federer vs Paire 6-2 0-1
Tsonga vs Llodra 6-4 2-3

Australia is another player down at this year's Open, after Luke Saville was beaten in four sets by Go Soeda.

Saville started promisingly, taking the first set in a tiebreak, but couldn't put a cork in his error count, sending 54 unforced mistakes the Japanese's way.

Soeda won 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-3 and will like play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, if the French No.7 seed does as we expect against Michael Llodra.

And Ben Mitchell has hit back against best mate and fellow Aussie James Duckworth, taking the third set 6-4 after dropping the first two.

Luke Saville

3.19pm AEDT - KVITOVA SEES OFF SCHIAVONE

Last year's semi-finalist Petra Kvitova saw off Italian veteran Francesca Schiavone in three tough sets to book her berth in the second round.

And 17th seed Lucie Safarova did enough against Croatia's Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, winning 7-6 6-4.

***SERENA UPDATE***

Serena Williams has just spoken at her press conference and vowed to play through the pain of her ankle injury.

"Unless it is fatal and (while) my heart is still beating, I will be there," she said.

2.58pm AEDT

Australian Luke Saville has dropped the second and third sets against Japan's Go Soeda.

Saville won the first set in a tiebreak but Soeda has been all over him since, winning the next two 6-3 6-2.

Elsewhere, thirteenth seed Milos Raonic dropped the first set but recovered to beat Czech player Jan Hajek 3-6 6-1 6-2 7-6 over on Show Court 3.

And Roger Federer has launched into his first-round match against Frenchman Benoit Paire, breaking him in the first game to lead 1-0.

2.40pm AEDT - AZARENKA STRAIGHT THROUGH

No.1 seed and defending champion Victoria Azarenka overcame a tricky opponent to kick off her title defence

Monica Niculescu's unorthodox use of slice forehands made life difficult for the world's best player but wasn't enough to stop her, with the Belarussian winning 6-1 6-4 in 1hr 27mins.

And James Duckworth has just won the second set 10-8 in a tiebreak against fellow Aussie Ben Mitchell, and now leads two sets to love.

Victoria Azarenka

2.22pm AEDT - SERENA INJURED IN FLAWLESS VICTORY

Beware the wounded warrior.

Serena Williams is through to the second round of the Australian Open despite an ankle injury that may threaten her campaign.

Williams slid and appeared to roll her ankle while leading Edina Gallovits-Hall 4-0 in the first set, and received treatment and new strapping.

When she returned to the court her movement was severely limited, with the tournament's hot favourite walking to hit some balls, but it mattered little as she peeled off eight more games in a row to win 6-0 6-0.

More details on Williams' injury as they come to hand.

Meanwhile, eighth seed and former semi-finalist Petra Kvitova is locked in a seesawing battle with Francesca Schiavone.

Kvitova won the first set 6-4 but the experienced Schiavone hit back big time in the second, taking it 6-2.

AUSSIE UPDATE

As for the Aussies, Luke Saville is now at one set all with Go Soeda after dropping the second set, while James Duckworth is a set up against best mate Ben Mitchell, but trails 5-6 in the second.

2.05pm AEDT - SERENA TREATED FOR INJURY

Raging favourite Serena Williams has suffered an ankle injury during her opening round clash.

The American was cruisng at 4-0 against Edina Gallovits-Halls when she slid stretching for a return, tumbled and appeared to have rolled her ankle.

An injury time-out was called where her ankle, which immediately swelled up, was heavily taped by a doctor.

Williams returned to the court and peeled off two straight games to take the first set 6-0, and now leads 1-0 in the second.

Serena Williams

1.41pm AEDT
Azarenka vs Niculescu 6-1 0-0
S.Williams vs Gallovits-Hall 4-0

Good news out on court six, where Aussie wildcard Luke Saville has taken the first set in a tiebreak against Japan's Go Soeda.

And the 'battle of the best mates', James Duckworth and Ben Mitchell, Mitchell has led for most of the first set but Duckworth has just leveled the scores at 4-4.

1.10pm AEDT

Caroline Wozniacki survived a first-round scare to move through in three sets against Germany's Sabine Lisicki.

Lisicki's all-or-nothing approach worked early on but 10th-seeded Wozniacki weathered the storm and hit back to take the match 2-6 6-3 6-3.

And we've lost another Aussie with John-Patrick Smith bowing out in straight sets against Joao Sousa, 6-4 6-1 6-4.

Caroline Wozniacki

12.51pm AEDT - MURRAY INTO SECOND ROUND
Wozniacki vs Lisicki 2-6 6-3 4-3
Smith (Aus) vs Sousa 4-6 1-6 2-3
Saville (Aus) vs Soeda 4-1

Third seed Andy Murray was in and out in little over and hour and a half on Rod Laver Arena, beating Dutchman Robin Haase 6-3 6-1 6-3.

Murray was a couple of classes above and was aided by a red hot first serve, which hit the mark 73 per cent of the time.

The Brit will next face the winner of the match between Aussie wildcard John-Patrick Smith and Portugal's Joao Sousa.

Andy Murray

12.45pm AEDT - ANOTHER SEED FALLS
Murray vs Haase 6-3 6-1 3-4
Wozniacki vs Lisicki 2-6 6-3 2-3
Smith (Aus) vs Sousa 4-6 1-6 2-3

Carla Suarez Navarro continues the pain for the seeds early on day two, beating 17th seed Sara Errani 6-4 6-4.

But the new was better for Russian glamour girl and No.14 seed Maria Kirilenko, who cruised past American Vania King 6-4 6-2.

12.18pm AEDT - 42-YEAR-OLD BEATS 12TH SEED

In the first huge upset on day two, 42-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm has stunned women's 12th seed Nadia Petrova 6-2 6-0.

We'll find out later what Petrova's story was but it's not hard to see where she went wrong, with 38 unforced errors spewing from her racquet. She wasn't a happy chappy.

How's this for a stat: the last time Date-Krumm went past the first round here was in 1996.

Kimiko Date-Krumm

12.15pm AEDT

Aussie wildcard John-Patrick Smith has dropped the first set against Portugal's Joao Sousa 6-4, and trails 2-1 on serve in the second.

And another winner - former top 10 player Svetlana Kuznetsova did it easy on Show Court 3, beating Lourdes Domnguez Lino 6-2 6-1.

12.05pm AEDT - SEEDS IN TROUBLE

In a complete backflip on the run of play yesterday, a bunch of seeds are in early trouble on day two of the Australian Open.

Caroline Wozniacki dropped the first set 6-2 against Sabine Lisicki, also she is in control of the second set and leads it 4-1, while 12th seed Nadia Petrova is in dire straits against 42-year-old veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm, dropping the first set 6-2 and trailing 4-0 in the second.

Men's 25th seed Florian Mayer is down 6-2 5-2 against USA qualifier Rhyne Williams.

As we speak, we have our first winner of the day - Shuai Peng of China has smashed Canada's Rebecca Marino 6-3 6-0 in just 52 minutes.

11.45am AEDT
Murray (3) vs Haase 5-2
Wozniacki (10) vs Lisicki 2-6

There's something big brewing on Hisense Arena, where women's 10th seed Caroline Wozniacki has just dropped the first set 6-2 to Sabine Lisicki.

Lisicki clubbed a staggering 17 winners in taking the set, while forcing a further 12 errors from Wozniacki, whose defensive game is normally her strong suit.

Over on Rod Laver Arena, Andy Murray has is also racing his first set and leads 5-2.

11am AEDT

Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of day two of this year's Australian Open!

We're only moments away from seeing the first players emerge onto court to get their first-round matches under way.

We'll have to wait until tonight's session on Rod Laver Arena to see Bernard Tomic and Jarmila Gajdosova, but there are five more Aussies ready to strut their stuff during the day session.

And thankfully we're guaranteed at least one of them will move through to the second round, with home grown wildcards James Duckworth and Ben Mitchell to clash second-up on Show Court 2.

Also in action will be Marinko Matosevic, Luke Saville and John-Patrick Smith. Let's see if we can't cheer a couple home.

First up on Rod Laver, however, is world No.3 Andy Murray, who will take on Dutchman Robin Haase.

10.30am AEDT

Good morning everyone and welcome to our LIVE coverage of day two of the Australian Open from Melbourne Park.

Let's hope for a better day for the Aussies, with Sam Stosur our only winner on the opening day. Andy Murray kicks off proceedings on Rod Laver Arena, with the Scot to be followed by Victoria Azarenka and then everyone's favourite, the Swiss master Roger Federer.

But everybody is holding their breath today in anticipation of seeing young gun Bernard Tomic, who features in the first night match on centre court. He takes on claycourt specialist Leonardo Mayer.

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