From one No.1 to another (Serena WIlliams just administered a bruising defeat to Margarita Gasparyan, in case you've not been with us), up next we have Novak Djokovic playing Frenchman Gilles Simon, ranked 15th in the world.

Djokovic 2-1 Simon. He's certainly got range, both in his reach and repertoire. Djokovic finishes that show case off with an aggressive, well-executed dropshot

Djokovic 1-1 Simon. Some rallies! Not seen any of those for a while

Djokovic 1-0 Simon. So it's going to be like this, is it?

Djokovic and Simon are both on court now, warming up. Djokovic has a good record against Simon, but then Djokovic has a pretty good record against everyone.

Hard to take it all in, so distracting was his sunburn, but it's going to be a hard-fought match, he reckons. Let's hope so!

If you were watching all the action on the Eurosport Player (which you can find here, by the way: http://dnl.eurosport.com/player/redirect/autopromov8/tennis/australian-open/GB/notif.html), you could be watching a puce-coloured Boris Becker, Djokovic's mentor, speaking about their preparation for the match.