Day 2 of the Australian Open has seen no major upsets, with all of the usual suspects winning their first-round matches in scorching heat in Melbourne. Former champion Rafael Nadal moved on, as did Serena Williams.Rafael Nadal, determined not to go out in the second round for a second year running blasted past Germany’s Florian Mayer in straight sets 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 on Tuesday. The 9th-ranked Spaniard last won the Australian Open in 2009 and is the last left-hander on the men’s side to do so. Austria’s Dominic Thiem, the eighth seed, had a more difficult time of it as he needed four sets to defeat another German player, Jan-Lennard Struff 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Serena launches quest for 23rd Grand SlamOn the women’s side, the No.2-ranked Serena Williams scored an emphatic 6-4, 6-3 victory over 19-year-old Swiss Belinda Bencic.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 17, 2017 19:05 UTC