Roger Federer a obţinut calificarea în turul doi al turneului de Grand Slam de la Australian Open. Fost lider mondial, elveţianul l-a învins în patru seturi, scor 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, pe veteranul Jurgen Melzer.
Tabloul masculin de simplu, turul I:
17-Roger Federer – Jurgen Melzer 7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2
4-Stanislas Wawrinka – Martin Klizan 4-6 6-4 7-5 4-6 6-4
Steve Darcis – Samuel Groth 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2
Noah Rubin – Bjorn Fratangelo 6-7(4) 7-5 3-6 6-2 6-2
Dudi Sela – Marcel Granollers 5-7 6-3 6-2 6-0
14-Nick Kyrgios – Gastao Elias 6-1 6-2 6-2
23-Jack Sock – Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-4 7-6(4) 6-3
12-Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – Thiago Monteiro 6-1 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2
Steve Johnson – Federico Delbonis 6-3 6-4 6-4
Andreas Seppi – Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-4 7-6(4) 6-7(3) 7-5
Daniel Evans – Facundo Bagnis 7-6(8) 6-3 6-1
Paolo Lorenzi – James Duckworth 6-4 7-6(4) 6-7(4) 6-4
Lukas Lacko – 26-Albert Ramos 4-6 7-5 1-6 6-4 6-3
Alexander Bublik 16-Lucas Pouille 6-0 3-6 6-3 6-4
Karen Khachanov – Adrian Mannarino 6-4 3-6 7-6(9) 6-3
1-Andy Murray – Illya Marchenko 7-5 7-6(5) 6-2
Dusan Lajovic – Stephane Robert 6-3 6-3 6-3
7-Marin Cilic – Jerzy Janowicz 4-6 4-6 6-2 6-2 6-3
Diego Schwartzman – 22-Pablo Cuevas 6-3 6-3 6-0
Malek Jaziri – Go Soeda 6-3 6-4 6-3
Andrey Rublev – Lu Yen-Hsun 4-6 6-3 7-6(0) 6-3
19-John Isner – Konstantin Kravchuk 6-3 6-4 6-7(5) 6-1
31-Sam Querrey – Quentin Halys 6-7(10) 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4
Mischa Zverev – Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 7-6(5) 6-4
Alex De Minaur – Gerald Melzer 5-7 6-3 2-6 7-6(2) 6-1
27-Bernard Tomic – Thomaz Bellucci 6-2 6-1 6-4
5-Kei Nishikori – Andrey Kuznetsov 5-7 6-1 6-4 6-7(6) 6-2
Victor Estrella – Aljaz Bedene 7-6(7) 7-5 0-6 6-3
29-Viktor Troicki – Damir Dzumhur 6-4 6-4 2-6 2-6 6-3
10-Tomas Berdych – Luca Vanni 6-1 0-0 (abandon Vanni)
Ryan Harrison – Nicolas Mahut 6-3 6-4 6-2
Jeremy Chardy – Nicolas Almagro 4-0 (abandon Almagro).