Melbourne VIC, Australia, 30 August 2014 | tennis.com.au

Bernard Tomic was forced to withdraw in the lead-up to his second-round match with Spanish fourth seed David Ferrer due to a left hip injury. Tomic underwent surgery on both hips earlier this year.

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In the mixed doubles, Anastasia Rodionova and Robert Farah tipped eighth seeds Raquel Kops Jones and Juan Sebastian Cabal out in their first-round match.

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Still to play at the time of writing include Sam Groth who is taking on Roger Federer, and Ash Barty and John Peers who have joined forces in the mixed.

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Great news for Nick Kyrgios, the Aussie teenager will play his third-round match versus 16th seed Tommy Robredo on Arthur Ashe Stadium in the second of Saturday’s night session matches.

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In the upset category, Shuai Peng upended 28th-seeded Italian Roberta Vinci, Swiss teenager Belinda Bencic trumped sixth seed Angelique Kerber but it was Mirjana Lucic-Baroni’s win over second seed Simona Halep that was the big news.

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