Serena in charge as Djokovic races past Tsonga in Australia

Serena Williams stepped up her drive for a record-equaling 24th Grand Slam Thursday by swatting aside Eugenie Bouchard, as world No. 1 Novak Djokovic won an emotional 2008 Australian Open final rematch with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. But women’s top seed Simona Halep and young gun Alexander Zverev had to dig deep to make the third round on a day of epic battles and the latest start to a match ever at the tournament. American great Williams followed up her first round 49-minute romp by spending just 70 minutes on Rod Laver Arena to dispose of the Canadian 6-2, 6-2.

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