Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits a backhand return to Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia during their men's singles first round match at the Australian Open 2015 tennis tournament in Melbourne January 20, 2015. Djokovic defeated Bedene to win the match. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Top seeds Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams stuck to the Australian Open script with fairly routine victories on Tuesday, while men's champion Stan Wawrinka and two-time winner Victoria Azarenka joined them in the second round.
The tournament had been turned on its head on the first day with eight women's seeds, notably fifth ranked Ana Ivanovic, crashing out in the first round.
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