Australian Open: Roger Federer advances, Stan Wawrinka exits

Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts after beating Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in their men's singles second round on Day 4 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Thursday. (AFP)

Updated on: Jan 18, 2018 8:56 PM IST

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Switzerland's Roger Federer reacts after beating Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in their men's singles second round on Day 4 of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Thursday. (AFP)

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Defending champion Roger Federer will next take on French 29th seed Richard Gasquet. (AFP)

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Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka walks off the court after losing to American tennis player Tennys Sandgren at the Margaret Court Arena. (REUTERS)

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Spain's third seed Garbine Muguruza went down to Chinese Taipei's Hsieh Su-Wei. Many players used ice-towels to combat temperatures in Melbourne which touched an energy-sapping 40 degree Celsius. (AFP)

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Britain's Johanna Konta was another seed to bite the dust after going down in her women's singles second round match to Bernarda Pera of the United States. (AFP)

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Russia's Maria Sharapova celebrates her win over Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova in their second round match at Melbourne Park. (AP)

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Serbia's Novak Djokovic, a six-time winner of the Australian Open, defeated spirited Frenchman Gael Monfils. (AP)

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Austria's Dominic Thiem celebrates beating Denis Kudla of the US in their men's singles second round match. (AFP)

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German Angelique Kerber eased past Donna Vekic of Croatia and will play former winner Maria Sharapova next. (REUTERS)

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Top seed Simona Halep of Romania beat Canadian Eugenie Bouchard to keep the hunt for her maiden Grand Slam title alive. (REUTERS)

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Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova reacts after beating Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia in Melbourne on Sunday. (AFP)

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Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro, a former US Open winner, celebrates winning his match against Russia's Karen Khachanov. (REUTERS)