Australian Open, Day 2: Nadal ousted, Hewitt advances

Spectators watch the first round match between Australia's Lleyton Hewitt and his compatriot James Duckworth at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park. (Jason O'Brien/ REUTERS)

Updated on: Jan 20, 2016 7:05 PM IST

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Spectators watch the first round match between Australia's Lleyton Hewitt and his compatriot James Duckworth at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park. (Jason O'Brien/ REUTERS)

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Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a forehand return during his men's singles match against compatriot Fernando Verdasco on day two of the 2016 Australian Open tennis tournament. (William West/ AFP PHOTO )

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Nadal hits a shot during his first round match against Verdasco. (Thomas Peter/ REUTERS)

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Australia's Sam Groth hits a shot during his first round match against France's Adrian Mannarino. (Issei Kato/ REUTERS)

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Jack Sock of the United States clutches at his ankle after falling during his first round match against compatriot Taylor Fritz. (Rafiq Maqbool/ AP Photo)

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Australia's Lleyton Hewitt serves during his first round match against compatriot James Duckworth. (REUTERS)

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Hewitt’s supporters hold flags and signs during his first round match against compatriot James Duckworth. (REUTERS)

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Australia's James Duckworth plays a backhand return during his men's singles match against compatriot Lleyton Hewitt . ( William West/ AFP PHOTO )

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Hewitt celebrates after winning his first round match against compatriot James Duckworth. (Thomas Peter/ REUTERS)

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France's Gael Monfils serves during his first round match against Japan's Yuichi Sugita (Brandon Malone/ REUTERS)

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Taro Daniel of Japan makes a forehand return to Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic during their first round match. (Vincent Thian/ AP Photo)

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Simona Halep of Romania reaches for backhand return to Zhang Shuai of China during their first round match. (Andrew Brownbill/ AP Photo)

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Madison Keys of the United States makes a forehand return to Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan during their first round match. (Andrew Brownbill/ AP Photo)

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Spain's Garbine Muguruza serves during her first round match against Estonia's Anett Kontaveit. (Jason O'Brien/ REUTERS)

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Germany's Laura Siegemund hits a shot during her first round match against Netherlands' Kiki Bertens. (Tyrone Siu/ REUTERS)

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Simona Halep of Romania makes a backhand return to to Zhang Shuai of China during their first round match. (Andrew Brownbill/ AP Photo)

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Spain's Garbine Muguruza serves during her first round match against Estonia's Anett Kontaveit. (Jason O'Brien/ REUTERS)

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Japan's Naomi Osaka hits a forehand return to Donna Vekic of Croatia during their first round match. (Rafiq Maqbool/ AP Photo)

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Spain's Garbine Muguruza jumps to hit a shot during her first round match against Estonia's Anett Kontaveit. (Jason O'Brien/ REUTERS)

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Czech Republic's Katerina Siniakova plays a backhand return during her women's singles match against Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky. (Peter Parks/ AFP PHOTO)

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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic stretches for a shot during her first round match against Australia's Tammi Patterson. (REUTERS)

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Serbia's Ana Ivanovic signs autographs after her victory against Australia's Tammi Patterson during their women's singles match. (Greg Wood/ AFP PHOTO)

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China's Zhang Shuai signs autographs after winning her first round match against Romania's Simona Halep. (Jason Reed/ REUTERS)

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Britain's Johanna Konta signs autographs as she celebrates after victory in her women's singles match against Venus Williams of the US. (William West/ AFP PHOTO )

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Spain's Fernando Verdasco signs autographs after winning his first round match against Spain's Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open tennis tournament at Melbourne Park. (Thomas Peter / REUTERS)

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Spain's Fernando Verdasco signs autographs after winning his first round match against Spain's Rafael Nadal. (Thomas Peter/ REUTERS/)

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Serbia's Novak Djokovic poses with ANZ Tennis Hot Shots participants from Melbourne and Shanghai during a promotional event at the Australian Open tennis tournament . (REUTERS)