MELBOURNE, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Two former Australian Open champions and World No. 1 players will face off in the third round after Swiss Roger Federer eased past Evgeny Korolev from Russia 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 and Russian Marat Safin defeated Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 here on Wednesday.
Roger Federer of Switzerland returuns a shot during the second round match of men's singles against Evgeny Korolev of Russia at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Jan. 21, 2009. Federer won 3-0 (6-2, 6-3, 6-1).
The second-seeded Federer took advantage of his 20-year-old opponent's 44 unforced errors to race to the win in just 87 minutes. The three-time Australian Open champion is chasing his 14th Grand Slam title, which would tie him with Pete Sampras's record.
Federer holds a 9-2 lead in the head-to-head series against Safin, but the 28-year-old Russian won their sole previous meeting at the Australian Open, prevailing in a 9-7 fifth set in the 2005 semifinals.
Russian Marat Safin returns a shot to Spain's Ivan Navarro during the first round of the men's singles at the 2009 Australian Open held in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 19, 2009. Safin won 3-0 and advanced to the next round.
Safin, a winner of 15 titles on the ATP World Tour tennis circuit, went on to defeat Lleyton Hewitt in the 2005 championship match but has gone titleless since. Safin said: "I have nothing to worry about. I'm going to play my match. We know each other pretty well. He knows how to play against me and I know how to play against him."
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