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Former Australian Open finalist Marcos Baghdatis continues his love affair with Melbourne Park, downing Albert Ramos of Spain in five sets over four hours.

Ana Ivanovic eased into the second round of Australian Open 2013 on Monday night, dropping just three games to Hungary’s Melinda Czink in a 6-2 6-1 rout.

Lleyton Hewitt’s pre-Australian Open form had local fans optimistic of a return to his glory days, but Janko Tipsarevic squashed those hopes with a 7-6 7-5 6-3 win on Monday night.

Fernando Verdasco was the one of the game’s stars to take over our Twitter feed on Day 1 of Australian Open 2013. Who will be next?

Japan’s Tatsuma Ito prevails over Australian John Millman in a battle of wills and bodies in the opening round.

David Ferrer advances to the second round with a minimum of fuss, the men’s fourth seed having too many weapons for Belgium’s Olivier Rochus.

Women’s 11th seed Marion Bartoli is tested by Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues, but advances into the second round in straight sets.

Young Australian Ashleigh Barty makes a bright start before being overwhelmed by No.15 seed Dominika Cibulkova in three sets.

Women’s 11th seed Marion Bartoli is tested by Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues, but advances into the second round in straight sets.

Russian 25th seed Mikhail Youzhny comes back from the brink to oust Australian Matthew Ebden in a gripping first-round encounter on Monday.

World No. 40 Zheng Jie had to dig deep to overcome compatriot Yuxuan Zhang in three sets at Australian Open 2013 on Monday.

Fifth seed Tomas Berdych used his trademark power to overwhelm American Michael Russell in straight sets in the opening round on Monday.

German fifth seed Angelique Kerber advances to the second round of Australian Open 2013 with an untroubled victory over Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.

In a 6-2 6-4 7-5 cruise past Paul-Henri Mathieu on Monday at Australian Open 2013, world No.1 Novak Djokovic showed all the qualities that make him a back-to-back champion in Melbourne.

Fernando Verdasco has survived an opening round scare from David Goffin, the Spaniard coming from two sets to one down to prevail in five tight sets.

Japanese supporters cram outside court to watch their rising son, Kei Nishikori, defeat Victor Hanescu 6-7 (5) 6-3 6-1 6-3 in first round.

Sam Stosur has kept her incredible Grand Slam winning record intact with a 7-6(3) 6-3 victory over birthday girl Kai-Chen Chang at Rod Laver Arena.

Julia Goerges defeats Russian in three sets, but her first round success against Dushevina does not go entirely to plan.

She's in her 30s and she has been unwell, but Venus Williams proves she remains forever young with her demolition of Galina Voskoboeva

American Coco Vandeweghe squanders five break-point chances as Romania's Sorana Cirstea heads to a straight-sets win.

Li Na made a winning return to Melbourne Park today, beating Kazahkstan’s Sesil Karatantcheva 6-1 6-3 in 78 minutes in the opening match on Margaret Court Arena.

Russia's Maria Sharapova thrashes compatriot Olga Puchkova in straight sets and without dropping a game, to be the first on the board at the 2013 Australian Open

This first-round match-up between a proud champion and a veteran in the form of his career looks set to go the distance.

Tom Tebbutt runs the rule over the opening day of Australian Open 2013.