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16 Jan  Ryan Harrison’s ambition and drive evoke memories of a young Novak Djokovic – but on Wednesday night, the world No.1 showed the American how far he has to go in a straight-sets master class.

16 Jan  Serena Williams – and her much-discussed right ankle – will be the focus as the American third seed takes on Garbine Muguruza on Thursday.

16 Jan  Bernard Tomic has backed up his bold statements with results in 2013, meaning German Daniel Brands will face a tall task to down the Australian on Thursday afternoon.

16 Jan  Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams breezes into the third round, downing Alize Cornet of France 6-3 6-3 to set up a meeting with Maria Sharapova.

16 Jan  Playing at a major where he has so many happy memories, Marcos Baghdatis sets up a third-round meeting with fourth seed David Ferrer by beating Japan’s Tatsuma Ito in four sets.

16 Jan  World No.9 Sam Stosur had victory in her grasp against Zheng Jie, but lost the final five games to bow out of her home major in dispiriting fashion.

16 Jan  He came close several years ago, now steely Russian Nikolay Davydenko looks for redemption against a long-time foe, Roger Federer.

16 Jan  Kimiko Date-Krumm kept up her winning form in Melbourne in the opening day of women’s doubles action, which saw highly-fancied pair Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands crash out.

16 Jan  Second seed Maria Sharapova advances without losing a game for the second straight match, completely outclassing Japan’s Misaki Doi.

16 Jan  In beating Frenchman Guillaume Rufin in straight sets on Wednesday, fifth seed Tomas Berdych showed why the gap between he and the ‘fab four’ of men’s tennis is closing.

16 Jan  Li Na continues her impressive form of the past six months and looks dangerous as she moves to the third round with a 6-2 7-5 win over Olga Govortsova.

16 Jan  World No.30 Tamira Paszek, of Austria, reveals her secrets to relaxing, her hobbies and lets us in on her wish for a superpower.

16 Jan  Join the Twitterverse and ask Angelique Kerber a question today at AEST 1.30pm when she takes over @australianopen.

16 Jan  Second day action at Australian Open 2013 iin a pictorial timelineis now available to download.

16 Jan  With 1.2 billion people watching his progress back home, Indian No.10 Somdev Devvarman understands pressure like no other as he aims to win another round at AO2013.

16 Jan  Sam Stosur lost to Zheng Jie in Sydney last week; on Wednesday at Melbourne Park, the Australian gets her chance to atone when it matters most.

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