Title favourites Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic resume their march through the Australian Open in round two action on Wednesday.
The duo are back-to-back on Rod Laver Arena, with Williams gunning for her sixth Australian Open crown and Djokovic his fifth.
After crushing Australian teen Ashleigh Barty in round one, Williams, who last won the Australian Open in 2010, will take on world No. 104 Vesna Dolonc.
Fellow Serb Djokovic, the defending champion, is up against Argentina's Leonardo Mayer.
Mayer, world ranked No.98, showed good form in the opening round as he steam-rolled Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-1 6-3 6-1.
Australian world No. 120 Casey Dellacqua was also a comfortable first-round winner and will look to repeat that form against Belgian Kirsten Flipkens, who made the fourth round at Melbourne Park last year.
Australia's top-ranked female, Samantha Stosur, will lead the charge in the night matches.
Over the hurdle of the first round, Stosur takes on the in-form Tsvetana Pironkova.
Ranked 57, the Bulgarian was a surprise winner of the Sydney International title in the lead-up to Melbourne Park.
The first qualifier in three years to win a WTA Tour title, it was the 26-year-old's maiden WTA tour title and left Stosur wary.
"To go through quallies and win a tournament as tough as what Sydney means she must be playing very well," Stosur said on Pironkova's recent form.
Local men's hope Matt Ebden will follow Stosur on Rod Laver Arena in the night matches.
Ebden ground out a five-set encounter with France's Nicolas Mahut and faces another tough contest against world No.28 Canadian Vasek Pospisil.
On Tuesday, Australia's best male hopes bowed out.
Lleyton Hewitt lost a five-set thriller to Italian Andreas Seppi while Bernard Tomic retired with a leg injury after losing the first set of his clash with world No.1 Rafael Nadal 6-4.
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