Tim Henman today eased into the third round of the Australian Open with a comfortable victory over Romania's Victor Hanescu.
Henman recorded a 7-5 6-1 6-4 win in just under two hours and now faces Russian Nikolay Davydenko in the last 32 in Melbourne.
A comfortable victory looked on the cards after Henman recovered from losing his serve early in the first set. Two breaks of serve then gave the British number one the second set 6-1 and the 30-year-old seemed in total control.
Henman let slip four chances to break in the opening game of the third set and was also forced to save three break points on his own serve to stay on level terms before finally achieving the crucial break in the ninth game.
Lleyton Hewitt staged a mighty comeback to beat American James Blake 4-6 7-6 6-0 6-3.
The former world number one was staring down the barrel after losing the opening set and going behind early in the second.
Blake had two breaks, served for the second set at 6-5 and had a set point in the tiebreak but the fiery Australian survived each challenge to win the set and square the match.
With his confidence soaring and Blake hampered by a bleeding hand, Hewitt raced away with the final two sets to set up a third round clash with Juan Ignacio Chela after the Argentine beat Gregory Carraz of France in straight sets.