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Australian Open 2015 bracket and results: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams advance

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Men's Singles - Round 2

Novak Djokovic (SRB) [1] vs. Andrey Kuznetsov (RUS) In Progress
http://www.ausopen.com/en_AU/scores/schedule/schedule9.html
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By Matt Verderame @MattVerderame on Jan 20 2015, 10:30a


GEPA/USA TODAY Sports

The first day brought some surprising upsets, while the second day was less dramatic.

The second day of the 2015 Australian Open had a much more stable feel to it compared to Day 1. After an opening day which saw the women's bracket lose fifth-seed Ana Ivanovic among others, most of the ranked players were able to advance easily, including Serena Williams and men's top seed Novak Djokovic.

Djokovic was pitted against the unranked Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia and won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2 and 6-4. Djokovic has had success playing in the Australian Open, having won the grand slam tournament four times in his career and being a favorite in this year's tournament.

Elsewhere in the men's bracket, No. 4 Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland moved on without issue, defeating Marsel Ilhan 6-1, 6-4 and 6-2 in less than 90 minutes. Japan's Kei Nishikori rolled as the fifth seed, knocking out Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 7-6 (1), and 6-2.

On the women's side, Serena Williams breezed through her match with Alison Van Uytvanck, winning 6-0, 6-4. Williams was dominant to begin, winning the first set in 21 minutes before closing out the match in the second. Williams has 18 grand slam titles to her credit and would break the women's record .. http://espn.go.com/tennis/aus15/story/_/id/12197202/2015-australian-open-women-results .. held by Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova for the most all-time with an Australian Open title this year.

Other results from top matches are below, with a full list here.

Men's Singles

No. 8 Milos Raonic def. Illya Marchenko, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3
No. 9 David Ferrer def. Thomaz Bellucci, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3
No. 17 Gael Monfils def. Lucas Pouille, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4
No. 18 Gilles Simon def. Robin Haase, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4
Benjamin Becker def. No. 25 Julien Benneteau, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
Lleyton Hewitt def. Ze Zhang, 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, 6-4

Women's Singles

No. 4 Petra Kvitova def. Richel Hogenkamp, 6-1, 6-4
No. 8 Caroline Wozniacki def. Taylor Townsend, 7-6 (1), 6-2
No. 18 Venus Williams def. Maria Torro-Flor, 6-2, 6-2
No. 20 Samantha Stosur def. Monica Niculescu, 6-4, 6-1
No. 29 Casey Dellacqua def. Yvonne Meusberger, 6-4, 6-0
Victoria Azarenka def. Sloane Stephens, 6-3, 6-2

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