HIGHLIGHTS-Tennis-Australian Open day two
0241 MERCILESS SERENA BLASTS PAST MARIA
Serena Williams began her quest for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a 6-0 6-2 thrashing of Germany's Tatjana Maria in 49 minutes to cruise into the second round.
The American next faces Eugenie Bouchard or Peng Shuai.
0143 PLISKOVA SAFELY THROUGH
Former world number one Karolina Pliskova eased past Czech compatriot Karolina Muchova 6-3 6-2 in 69 minutes to improve her record against qualifiers at all majors to 5-1.
"It's a good start. I'm happy I saved some time on court... but it's always tough to play a Czech girl," Pliskova said.
"I would say I'm lucky because I'm always playing them at every tournament, so I'm happy that I'm through."
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0130 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.
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 and Shrivathsa Sridhar; Editing by Frank Pingue)
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