PLAYER OF THE DAY Daria Gavrilova - the new darling of Australian tennis ran, struck and fist-pumped her way into a second-round date with sixth seed Petra Kvitova with a 7-6 6-4 win over Lucie Hradecka on Margaret Court Arena
STAT OF THE DAY Serena Williams' hard-fought 6-4 7-5 victory over Italian Camila Giorgi was her 61st first-round win in 62 grand slam events and first win in 129 days since her shock US Open semi-final loss to Roberta Vinci 
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY Williams, fellow defending champion and world No 1 Novak Djokovic, along with seeded fancies Agnieszka Radwanska, Petra Kvitova, Tomas Berdych, Kei Nishikori and Marin Cilic all safely progressed to round two
QUOTE OF THE DAY He had the ball and I wanted the ball, so I say 'yes' and he was like 'ergh' Carla Suarez Navarro after attending to a drowsy ballboy in the Melbourne heat
RESULTS MEN'S FIRST ROUND (Seeds and Australian only) 3-R Federer (SUI) bt N Basilashvili (GEO) 6-2 6-1 6-2. 27-G Dimitrov (BUL) bt P Lorenzi (ITA) 6-3 7-6(8) 6-3. WC-N Rubin (US) bt 17-B Paire (FRA) 7-6(4) 7-6(6) 7-6(5). 14-G Simon (FRA) bt V Pospisil (CAN) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2 6-4. 1-N Djokovic (SRB) bt C Hyeon (KOR) 6-3 6-2 6-4. 12-M Cilic (CRO) bt T de Bakker (NED) 6-7(4) 7-5 6-2 6-4. 26-G Garcia-Lopez (ESP) bt PH Mathieu (FRA) 6-4 6-4 6-4. 6-T Berdych (CZE) bt Y Bhambri (IND) 7-5 6-1 6-2. 19-D Thiem (AUT) bt L   Mayer (ARG) 6-2 7-6(6) 4-6 7-6(0). 15-D Goffin (BEL) bt S Stakhovsky (UKR) 3-6 6-3 6-4 6-4. 7-K Nisshikori (JPN) bt P Kohlschreiber (GER) 6-4 6-3 6-3.
WOMEN'S FIRST ROUND (Seeds and Australians only) Y Putintseva (KAZ) bt 16-C Wozniacki (DEN) 1-6 7-6(3) 6-4. 13-R Vinci (ITA) bt Q-T Paszek (AUT) 6-4 6-2. 23-S Kuznetsova (RUS) bt D Hantuchova (SVK) 6-0 6-2. 12-B Bencic (SUI) bt A Riske (US) 6-4 6-3. 4-A Radwanska (POL) bt C McHale (US) 6-2 6-3. 28-K Mladenovic (FRA) bt D Cibulkova (SVK) 6-3 6-4. Q-Wang Qiang (CHN) bt 24-S Stephens (US) 6-3 6-3. 1-S Williams (US) bt C Giorgi (ITA) 6-4 7-5. M Gasparyan (RUS) bt 17-S Errani (ITA) 1-6 7-5 6-1. D Gavrilova (AUS) bt L Hradecka (CZE) 7-6(3) 6-4. 10-C Suarez (ESP) bt Q-V Golubic (SUI) 7-5 6-4. 6-P Kvitova (CZE) bt Q-L Kumkhum (THA) 6-3 6-1
TODAY'S SCHEDULE ROD LAVER ARENA 11am: A Kontaveit (EST) v 3-GMuguruza (ESP), 8-V Williams (US) v J Konta (GBR), 5-R Nadal (ESP) v F Verdasco (ESP) 7pm: J Duckworth (AUS) v L Hewitt (AUS), 14-V Azarenka (BLR) v A Van Uytvanck (BEL)
MARGARET COURT ARENA 11am: 15-M Keys (US) v Z Diyas (KAZ), A Zverev (GER) v 2-A Murray (GBR), ASevastova (LAT) v J Wolfe (AUS) 7pm: S Zhang (CHN) v 2-S Halep (ROU), D Tursunov (RUS) v 4-S Wawrinka (SUI)
HISENSE ARENA 11am: A Mannarino (FRA) v S Groth (AUS), K Birrell (AUS) v 9-K Pliskova (CZE), T Patterson (AUS) v 20-Ana Ivanovic (SRB)Not Before 4pm: 16-B Tomic (AUS) v D Istomin (UZB)