Tipsarevic given fright

Ninth seed Janko Tipsarevic was given a fright by Dmitry Tursunov before booking his place in round two.

Serb pushed hard for his four-set victory

Ninth seed Janko Tipsarevic was given a fright by Dmitry Tursunov before booking his place in the second round of the Australian Open. The Serb stormed up the rankings in 2011 to finish inside the world's top 10 but it didn't look that way early on. Tursunov, now 29 and heading towards the end of his career, took the first set and had chances to claim the second only to miss several set points. Tipsarevic crucially edged the second-set tie-break and went on to record a 5-7 7-6 (14/12) 6-3 6-4 victory. The Serb finished with 28 aces and will next meet Australian wild card James Duckworth. Meanwhile, one of the game's rising stars, Milos Raonic, posted a convincing first-round win. The big-hitting Canadian, seeded 23rd, crushed Italy's Filippo Volandri 6-4 6-0 6-2. The 21-year-old banged down 13 aces and did not lose his serve en route to the last 64.