Federer Into the Aussie Open Third Round

Jan. 22 -- Top-seeded Roger Federer breezed past Romanian Victor Hanescu and moved into the third round at the Australian Open on Thursday.

The Swiss star, who is chasing his 16th Grand Slam singles title and fourth Australian Open crown, cruised to a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory at Rod Laver Arena.

Next up for Federer will be No. 31 seed Albert Montanes of Spain. He was a 4-6, 6-7 (3-7), 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victor over Frenchman Stephane Robert.

Also on Thursday, No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic came from one set down to beat unseedeed Swiss Marco Chiudinelli 3-6, 6-1, 6-1, 6-3, while sixth seed and ATP World Tour champion Nikolay Davydenko continued his solid form with a straight sets win over unseeded Ukrainian Ilya Marchenko to move ahead in the draw.

Davydenko, who started the year with a big title win in Doha after beating Rafael Nadal in the final, completed his second round match with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-0 scoreline.

Elsewhere, 2006 runner-up Marcos Baghdatis outclassed Spain's No. 17 seed David Ferrer 4-6, 3-6, 7-6, 6-3, 6-1 in a five-set thriller that lasted four hours and nine minutes.

Australian Lleyton Hewitt, the 22nd seed, beat American Donald Young, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4, 6-1. The former world No. 1 and two-time major champion Hewitt next faces Baghdatis.

Ninth seed Fernando Verdasco of Spain crushed Ivan Sergeyev of the Ukraine, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. Verdasco, a quarterfinalist last year, will next play Austrian Stefan Koubek, who defeated Croatia's Ivan Dodig, 7-6 (4), 6-1, 6-2.

France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the No. 10 seed, surged past American Taylor Dent, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3. Tsonga, who reached the final here in 2008, will next take on 18th seed Tommy Haas from Germany. He was a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 winner over Serbian Janko Tipsarevic.

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