Top seed Roger Federer eased into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-2 6-3 6-2 dismantling of Victor Hanescu on Rod Laver Arena.
Federer, a three-time champion, hit 52 winners and was not broken once by his Romanian opponent.
Novak Djokovic, the 2008 champion, was well below his best as he beat Marco Chiudinelli in four sets.
The Serb, 22, dropped the first set and rarely impressed despite recovering to win 3-6 6-1 6-1 6-3.
Federer had been below his best in his opening match against Igor Andreev, when he dropped a set in the first round at a major for the first time in six years.
But he settled quickly against Hanescu, reeling off 20 winners in an opening set that lasted just 34 minutes.
The second set was captured in 33 minutes, despite Hanescu managing to nick three games, with the Swiss continuing to pepper the lines with winners.
Federer had already raced into a 3-0 lead in the third set when Prince William arrived, to the applause of the near-capacity 14,000 crowd, just an hour and 15 minutes after the start of the game. BBC Website
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