Nadal, Soderling and Murray make easy progress in Melbourne

The top seeds continued their procession through the first round of the Australian Open today to make a mockery of the widely held belief that there is great depth in the men’s game.

With Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic advancing yesterday for the loss of just 10 games between them, there were more one-sided contests today involving Rafael Nadal, Robin Soderling and Andy Murray.