Third seed and last year's runner-up Lleyton Hewitt will begin his quest for the Australian Open title with a first round match against Czech Robin Vik.

Mark Philippoussis is relishing his big Centre Court showdown with in-form Marat Safin today.

WIMBLEDON champion Roger Federer took just 46 minutes to beat Tomas Behrend 6-1 6-1 in the first round of the Swiss Open yesterday.

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