MELBOURNE: Roger Federer imperiously took his place in the Australian Open third round with a straight sets demolition of hapless Romanian Victor Hanescu on Thursday.
Watched by Britain's Prince William in the official box, the world's number one ripped through the 47th-ranked Hanescu in just one hour 39 minutes, winning 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
Federer, bidding for his 16th Grand Slam title and fourth Australian Open here over the next fortnight, will now play Spanish 31st-seed Albert Montanes in Saturday's third round.
It was a stunning set of statistics for Federer in Thursday's match.
He broke Hanescu's serve five times and didn't drop his own serve, while hitting 52 winners, 28 of them with the forehand. Federer dominated the match points 96 to 64.
Hanescu has still to take a set off Federer in their four meetings as the Swiss legend stepped up a gear after his muddling opening round performance against Russian Igor Andreev on Tuesday.
His opening set loss to Andreev was the first time he had dropped a set in a first round Grand Slam match since the 2003 US Open.
Federer made his intentions known from the outset, breaking Hanescu's opening service and again in the eighth game to take the set in 34 minutes.
The Swiss great strolled through the second set, reeling off another service break in the eighth game to take a 2-0 sets lead.
He broke Hanescu in his opening two service games of the final set to coast to victory in quick time.
Federer is on track to face either former finalists, Lleyton Hewitt or Marcos Baghdatis, in the fourth round and a potential quarter-final with Russian sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko.
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Watched by Britain's Prince William in the official box, the world's number one ripped through the 47th-ranked Hanescu in just one hour 39 minutes, winning 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
Federer, bidding for his 16th Grand Slam title and fourth Australian Open here over the next fortnight, will now play Spanish 31st-seed Albert Montanes in Saturday's third round.
It was a stunning set of statistics for Federer in Thursday's match.
He broke Hanescu's serve five times and didn't drop his own serve, while hitting 52 winners, 28 of them with the forehand. Federer dominated the match points 96 to 64.
Hanescu has still to take a set off Federer in their four meetings as the Swiss legend stepped up a gear after his muddling opening round performance against Russian Igor Andreev on Tuesday.
His opening set loss to Andreev was the first time he had dropped a set in a first round Grand Slam match since the 2003 US Open.
Federer made his intentions known from the outset, breaking Hanescu's opening service and again in the eighth game to take the set in 34 minutes.
The Swiss great strolled through the second set, reeling off another service break in the eighth game to take a 2-0 sets lead.
He broke Hanescu in his opening two service games of the final set to coast to victory in quick time.
Federer is on track to face either former finalists, Lleyton Hewitt or Marcos Baghdatis, in the fourth round and a potential quarter-final with Russian sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko.
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