World number two Rafael Nadal takes on France's Florent Serra in his second-round match

Nadal does not hang around either, winning the first eight games before finishing off Serra with the minimum of fuss

Top seed Justine Henin chases her 30th successive win when she takes on Russia's Olga Poutchkova

Henin runs away with the first set but Poutchkova, the world number 97, uses her powerful backhand to fight back

Henin struggles to finish off her Russian opponent but recovers her poise to book her place in the third round

Defending champion Serena Williams has few problems as she sees off China's Yuang Meng at the Vodafone Arena

Temperatures soar again at Melbourne Park as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes on American player Sam Warburg

Tsonga, who beat Andy Murray in round one, is at his powerful best and marches through in straight sets

2006 champion Amelie Mauresmo is also through, but only after wasting nine match points against Yaroslava Shvedova

But home hope and Melbourne resident Alicia Molik waves the tournament farewell after losing to Nicole Vaidisova

Maria Sharapova is up against former world number one Lindsay Davenport - but it proves to be a mismatch

Sharapova needs just over an hour to bring Davenport's comeback to a juddering halt

Davenport, mother to eight-month old Jagger, says she still feels like "the luckiest girl in the world"

Andy Roddick brings the evening session to a prompt finish with a dominant 6-2 6-2 6-4 win over Michael Berrer