Sania Mirza breezed into the second round of the Australian Open tournament by getting the better of Marta Domachowhska. The Indian dominated throughout and an improved serve saw her easily overcome the challenge put forth by Marta.

The Hyderabadi girl served with consistency and hit attacking groundstrokes to outplay her opponent, ranked 61 in the world, 6-1, 6-4.

The 22 year old Sania was raced away with the first set in less than half an hour.

Melbourne - Pale-skinned Andy Murray cheated the heat on Tuesday at the Australian Open, aided by a brief 45-minute outing as Romanian Andrei Pavel quit their first-round match trailing 6-2, 3-1 with a chronic back injury.

Murray, who lost sensationally in the first round at Melbourne Park a year ago, used the court to his advantage to gain some small respite from temperatures which soared into the high 30s Celsius.

Melbourne  - Jelena Dokic is using the appearance at only her second Australian Open in the past seven years as emotional body armour against a personal life which at one time was off the rails.

The 25-year-old Belgrade-born Australian who has brought her ranking back to 187, won a match at the venue for the first time since 1999.

But in a tear-stained interview, she revealed that the estrangement from her family has taken a huge emotional toll.

Melbourne  - Andy Roddick says he's impressed with new ATP boss Adam Helfant, after meeting his fellow American at the Australian Open.

"I actually was lucky enough to have dinner with him the other night. I was pretty impressed," said Roddick. "He didn't come in with kind of this braggadocio attitude of what he's done, whatever. He kind of came in and he had his notepad and his pen, and he asked questions, and he wrote down notes. He didn't come in like a know-it- all."

Melbourne  - Even ice-calm Roger Federer admits that his stress levels have eased in recent months as he slipped from tennis' top ranking.

Still ranked second, the Swiss star said that he feels an eerie calm as he pursues a fourth title in six years at the Australian Open.

"Maybe I'm a bit more relaxed," he said after passing the first round against Italy's Andreas Seppi. "When you're number one you put your head down, you try to win as many tournaments as possible."

Melbourne - Reigning junior champion Bernard Tomic proved himself a rising force at the senior level as a first-round victory on Monday made him the youngest male winner of a match at the Australian Open.

The 16-year-old whose controversial father has been in trouble with Tennis Australia for outbursts during matches, showed mature form in his first Grand Slam with a 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (8-6) first-round win over 73rd-ranked Italian Potito Starace.