Australian Open: Roger Federer beats Alexandr Dolgopolov

6th seed Petra Kvitova becomes the latest in a series of seeded players to be ousted from the open; she goes down in straight sets to Daria Gavrilova, 4-6, 4-6.

Djokovic eventually takes the win 6-1, 6-2, 7-6

Djokovic eventually beats his competitor, but not before the young Frenchman challenges the Serb in the final set, taking it to a tiebreak.

Novak Djokovic has taken the first set against his French challenger Quentin Halys, 6-1 and looks to be cruising through his match.

4th seed Agnieszka Radwanska took an easy victory over Eugenie Bouchard of Canada, beating her 6-4, 6-2 to progress to round 3 of the Australian Open.

Playing with Frenchman Jeremy Chardy, the pair went down in straight sets to Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah.

India's Leander Paes was knocked out of the men's doubles in the Australian Open.

Federer took a straight sets victory, winning 6-3, 7-5, 6-1.

Dolgopolov had the faster serve, but it was Federer who was more precise, winning a staggering 88% of his first serves.

Dolgopolov was completely outclassed by the Swiss Maestro, who hit 25 winners to his Ukrainian rival's 3.

The Swiss began with consummate ease but was taxed slightly in the second set, winning it 7-5.

Roger Federer took on Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov and beat him in straight sets.

Sharapova beat 21-year-old Sasnovich 6-2, 6-1.

5th seed and former World No. 1 Maria Sharapova also had an easy outing, beating Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.

The World No 1 took an easy 6-1, 6-2 win over Hsieh to progress.

Serena Williams took an easy victory over Taiwanese opponent Hsieh Su-wei in her second round match at the Australian Open.