Roger Federer wasted no time in his 99 minute match against Victor Hanescu, defeating him in three sets, 6-2,6-3,6-2. Nikolay Davydenko records his 11th winning streak against Ukranian Illya Marchenko 6-3,6-3,6-0. Marcos Baghdatis from Cyprus took down the 17th seed David Federer in a five set thriller, coming back from two sets down, 4-6,3-6,7-6,6-3,6-1. Fernando Verdasco also had clean round, defeating Ivan Sergeyev in straight sets 6-1,6-2,6-3. World number three Novak Djokovic is also through to the 3rd round after defeating Marco Chuidinelli in four sets 3-6,6-1,6-1,6-3.

And the tennis season has begun again with nothing less than a grand slam. Sure everyone recalls last year’s Australian Open with Federer’s tearful acknowledgement of Rafa’s victory. Well no one anticipated the turn of events to come. Rafa went on a title drought, fraught with injury, the King of Clay could not secure a single win after Rome in May. And its been quite a journey ever since for Mr. Federer, who despite predictions that he may never be able to win a grand slam again, went on to win the Wimbledon and French Open back to back. He broke the grand slam record of all time, winning no less than 15. With the dawn of a new decade one begins to wonder if the Federer Nadal days of domination has come to end. Nadal has surged into the third round today with clean 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 match against Slovakian Lukas Lacko. Federer is also through to his next round after defeating Igor Andreev in four sets, 4-6,6-2,7-6,6-0. Del Potro, Murray and Roddick are also through. Robin Soderling lost in five sets to Marcel Granollers in the biggest upset of the tournament so far.