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17 Jan  In a match that fluctuated wildly in momentum and quality, British teen Laura Robson showed her fighting qualities to oust eighth seed Petra Kvitova in three exhausting hours.

17 Jan  Frenchman Gael Monfils beats Yen-Hsun Lu to advance into the third round, but not before blowing four match points in the final game with double faults.

17 Jan  Men’s sixth seed Juan Martin del Potro makes light of the hot conditions, effortlessly dispatching Benjamin Becker 6-2 6-4 6-2 in their second round clash on Thursday night.

17 Jan  Australian wildcard James Duckworth saved five match points before falling to Slovenian Blaz Kavcic in a five-set marathon on Thursday.

17 Jan  Caroline Wozniacki handled the challenge from 16-year-old Croat Donna Vekic in straight sets, 6-1 6-4, on Hisense Arena on Thursday.

17 Jan  Lesia Tsurenko’s says her favourite tournament is the Australian Open and that opinion is not likely to change after a 7-5 6-3 win over Daria Gavrilova on Thursday.

17 Jan  Japan's 42-year-old veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm is through to the third round after defeating Israel's Shahar Peer in the second round at Melbourne Park.

17 Jan  Scotland's Andy Murray kept his time under the blazing Melbourne sun to a minimum with a 6-2 6-2 6-4 victory over Portugal's Joao Sousa on Hisense Arena.

17 Jan  Booming Canadian Milos Raonic has stormed into the third round of Australian Open 2013 after taming Czech world No.75 Lukas Rosol 7-6(2) 6-2 6-3.

17 Jan  Serena Williams survives a self-inflicted knock to the mouth in an otherwise comfortable win over Garbine Muguruza, 6-2 6-0. She faces Ayumi Morita of Japan next.

17 Jan  Fleet-footed Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has prevailed 6-3 7-6(1) 6-3 over Japan's Go Soeda before a packed Margaret Court Arena on Thursday.

17 Jan  Russian 14th seed Maria Kirilenko has fought off China's Peng Shuai 7-5 6-2 on Hisense Arena to move through to the third round.

17 Jan  There was no double bagel for Victoria Azarenka in the second round Thursday, but the defending champion and world No.1 went pretty close in a 6-1 6-0 drubbing of Eleni Daniilidou on Rod Laver Arena.