Australian Open 2012, Day 2: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Both Andys All Advance

Serena Williams finished the latest match of Day 2 with an easy 6-3, 6-2 win over Tamira Paszek in the 2012 Australian Open. The match took just over 45 minutes of play as Serena cruised past Paszek to advance to the next round in straight sets.

Serena is ranked the 12th-best women’s tennis player in the world and picked up 12 aces and just a single double fault in the match. After just one round of play, Serena also leads all women in aces so far with the 12 she picked up against Paszek. In the second round, Serena Williams will take on Barbora Zahlavova Strycova, who defeated Iryna Bremond in straight sets of the opening round 6-0, 6-3. If Williams can get past Strycova, she’ll potentially face off against the 17th-ranked Dominika Cibulkova in the third round.

The 2012 Australian Open is through two days of action without a major upset in Melbourne, but there have been exciting matches already taking place in the year’s first tennis major. American Andy Roddick didn’t make his first round match too exhilarating, however, as he advanced in straight sets.

Roddick, the 15th-ranked tennis player in the world, defeated Robin Haase from the Netherlands in three sets (6-3, 6-4, 6-1) to advance on Day 2. The American will face stiff competition in the second round as he matches up with Australia’s own Lleyton Hewitt.

The defending Australian Open champions have advanced to the second round of this year’s tournament. No surprise there, as there haven’t been any major upsets in the opening round just yet.

Djokovic cruised into the second round after a 6-2, 6-0, 6-0 victory in which the third set was 10 minutes shorter than the 33-minute second set.

No. 1 seed Novak Djokovic’s first-round match will highlight Day 2 of the Australian Open. Djokovic will start his title defense by facing Italy’s Paolo Lorenzi, a player currently ranked 109th in the world who has a 6-20 career record.

Djokovic will open his 2012 season hoping to build on one of the more impressive years in the modern era of men’s tennis. After opening 2011 with a win at the Australian Open, he went on to advance to the semifinals of the French Open and win both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. That was his second Australian Open title of his career, which up until last year was also the only Grand Slam he had ever won.