12:22, 17-Jan-2018
Australian Open: Federer Sweeps past Bedene 6-3, 6-4, 6-3
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Over on the men's side, defending champion Roger Federer opened up his campaign in impressive fashion. The 19-time grand slam winner, making short work of Slovenia's Aljaz Bedene in Melbourne.
Feds would take the opening two sets, 6-3, and 6-4, and is holding a break point in the third to claim the match. And the final point is over quickly as the Swiss see his opponent fire the ball into the net, sealing a victory for the world number two in straight ones.
It takes the Artful Roger just 99 minutes to advance to the second round. In fact, we see more of him after the match, than during the match.
That is the six-time winner, Novak Djokovic, who is coming off an elbow injury that has sidelined him for six months, but the Serb looks comfortable on the court, and is the beneficiary of an unforced error from the American which hands the former world number one the opener 6-1.
The 14th seed this year, Djokovic takes the second with relative ease 6-2. The Serb has never lost to the American, and that won't change on this day.
The 12-time grand slam winner, seals a three-set win, when Young can't keep the ball in play. Nole advances easily to the second round, but will face a stiffer test next, when he meets Frenchman Gael Monfils, a quarter-finalist at Melbourne Park in 2016.