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

14 Jan  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.

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

14 Jan  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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14 Jan  Former No.1 Jelena Jankovic makes the second round in Melbourne for the 11th consecutive year, downing Swede Joanna Larsson with the loss of just four games.

14 Jan  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.

14 Jan  Australian wildcard Bojana Bobusic sticks with Agnieszka Radwanska early, before the Pole bolts away

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

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

14 Jan  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.

14 Jan  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.