HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day two

HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day two

Highlights of Tuesday's second day of the Australian Open, the first grand slam tournament of the year (all times GMT):

0130 GMT KEYS BUNDLES OUT LOCAL HOPE

American 17th seed Madison Keys, a 2015 semi-finalist at Melbourne Park, began her campaign with an easy 6-2 6-2 victory over Australian wildcard Destanee Aiava as they opened play on the main showcourt Rod Laver Arena.

The 23-year-old Keys had too much power for the highly-rated Aiava and will meet either France's Pauline Parmentier or Russia's Anastasia Potapova in the second round.

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0010 PLAY UNDERWAY AT MELBOURNE PARK

Play got underway on schedule under sunny skies at 11 a.m. local time (0000 GMT) with the temperature hovering just under the 27 degrees Celsius mark with a forecast high of 33C.

(Compiled by Greg Stutchbury; Editing by Frank Pingue)

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