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).