<p>Roger Federer looked as sharp as ever in his first match following a two-month layoff as he beat Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3 at the Madrid Open on Tuesday. <br /><br />The Swiss chose an eye-catching mint-green shirt for his first match since losing to Rafael Nadal at the Indian Wells Masters in March and secured a 12th victory over Stepanek in 14 meetings. <br /><br />Briton Andy Murray, the third seed, beat Germany’s Florian Mayer 7-6 (13-11), 7-6 (7-3) later in the day.<br /><br />World No 1 and defending champion Serena Williams continued her serene progress in the women’s battle when she eased past Spanish wild card Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2, 7-5 in the second round.<br /><br />Chasing a fourth title of the year and the 50th of her career, Williams had too much power for the slightly-built Dominguez Lino, who nonetheless managed to unsettle her illustrious opponent with some clever drop shots and lobs. <br />Robson, Navarro win<br /><br />On Monday, Britain’s Laura Robson and Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro conjured up big first-round upset victories when they surprised fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and ninth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur on Monday. <br /><br />Robson, the World No 41, thumped Radwanska 6-3, 6-1 and 23rd-ranked Suarez Navarro ousted Stosur 7-6, 6-2.<br /><br />Radwanska was the biggest casualty as second seed Maria Sharapova of Russia eased past Romanian qualifier Alexandra Dulgheru 7-5, 6-2 and third-seeded Belarussian Victoria Azarenka had to fight past Russian Anastasia Pavlyuc-henkova 7-6, 7-6. </p>.<p>Sania-Bethanie advance<br /><br />Fifth seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza advanced to the women’s doubles second round with a three-set win over 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 10-4 over Daniela Hantuchova and Anabel Medina Garrigues.<br /></p>
<p>Roger Federer looked as sharp as ever in his first match following a two-month layoff as he beat Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3 at the Madrid Open on Tuesday. <br /><br />The Swiss chose an eye-catching mint-green shirt for his first match since losing to Rafael Nadal at the Indian Wells Masters in March and secured a 12th victory over Stepanek in 14 meetings. <br /><br />Briton Andy Murray, the third seed, beat Germany’s Florian Mayer 7-6 (13-11), 7-6 (7-3) later in the day.<br /><br />World No 1 and defending champion Serena Williams continued her serene progress in the women’s battle when she eased past Spanish wild card Lourdes Dominguez Lino 6-2, 7-5 in the second round.<br /><br />Chasing a fourth title of the year and the 50th of her career, Williams had too much power for the slightly-built Dominguez Lino, who nonetheless managed to unsettle her illustrious opponent with some clever drop shots and lobs. <br />Robson, Navarro win<br /><br />On Monday, Britain’s Laura Robson and Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro conjured up big first-round upset victories when they surprised fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and ninth-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur on Monday. <br /><br />Robson, the World No 41, thumped Radwanska 6-3, 6-1 and 23rd-ranked Suarez Navarro ousted Stosur 7-6, 6-2.<br /><br />Radwanska was the biggest casualty as second seed Maria Sharapova of Russia eased past Romanian qualifier Alexandra Dulgheru 7-5, 6-2 and third-seeded Belarussian Victoria Azarenka had to fight past Russian Anastasia Pavlyuc-henkova 7-6, 7-6. </p>.<p>Sania-Bethanie advance<br /><br />Fifth seeds Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sania Mirza advanced to the women’s doubles second round with a three-set win over 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 10-4 over Daniela Hantuchova and Anabel Medina Garrigues.<br /></p>