Day two snapshot from Australian Open
PLAYER OF THE DAY: Andrew Whittington - the late-blooming local made the most of his wildcard to clinch his maiden grand slam win at age 23 with an emotional 6-4 4-6 6-2 6-3 triumph over Czech Adam Pavlasek.
STAT OF THE DAY: Third seed Milos Raonic fired down the fastest serve of the tournament, a 235km/h thunderbolt, in opening his title bid with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over German dangerman Dustin Brown.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "You get a bit sick of this feeling. You're disappointed. You're upset. Angry. What could I have done?" Samantha Stosur ponders her first-round exit at the hands of Brit Heather Watson, a loss that extends her losing streak on tour to nine.
KEY MOMENT: Stosur's third set was tighter than the 6-0 scoreline suggests, but losing a second break sealed her fate.
TOURNAMENT SUMMARY: Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal led the way, with the biggest guns untroubled on a sweltering Melbourne day. Stosur was joined by several other Australians - including qualifying winners Blake Mott and Alex Bolt, Arina Rodionova and Lizette Cabrera - in tumbling out.
