Venue: Melbourne Park Date: 19 January-1 February
Coverage: BBC Red Button, BBC One & Two (including all Andy Murray matches), Radio 5 Live sports extra, BBC Sport website (Red Button coverage streamed on website throughout fortnight)
Friday: Wozniacki v Dokic followed by Federer v Safin live on Red Button from 0830 GMT
Murray not affected by Djokovic dig
Andy Murray says he cannot understand why Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are upset some people have installed him as Australian Open favourite.
Defending champion Djokovic and second seed Federer have both expressed surprise at Murray's status.
"They say there's pressure on them, but by saying they're favourites, they are putting pressure on themselves," said Murray. "I don't really understand it."
Murray, 21, crushed Marcel Granollers to reach the third round on Thursday.
He will now face Jurgen Melzer on Saturday as he continues his bid to win a first Grand Slam title.
But both Federer and Djokovic believe Murray's lack of a major title means he should not be regarded as a title favourite.
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There's a reason why people think I have a chance to win here...
Andy Murray
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"Winning a Slam is a different animal," Federer said before the tournament began.
"Not many guys have been able to win them over the last few years. Rafa [Nadal] and I have taken a lot of them. It doesn't happen that easily, but he has a chance like many other players."
World number three Djokovic was more forthright when he was asked about Murray on Wednesday.
"What is his [Murray] ranking against my ranking?" he asked.
"I have all respect for Murray. I like him as a person and as a player, but you cannot put him as one of the favourites next to Roger [Federer] and Rafa [Nadal] and myself here at the Australian Open."
Murray, though, remains unruffled by his rivals' comments.
"I think I played well enough in the last six or seven months to be in that sort of group. Whether I'm the favourite or not, I don't know," he said.
"Federer, Nadal have got the most experience, and probably merit being favourites. But there's a reason why people think I have a chance to win here, because I played very well the last few months and won against them."
Murray will meet Melzer for the third time in his career.
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King_Roger
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At last year's US Open, the 27-year-old Austrian pushed Murray to five sets but the Briton expects a different match this time around.
"Melzer is very tough if he plays well," said the Scot.
"The US Open was, I think, mentally quite a tough one for him. He told me after the match he played one of his best matches. Obviously, I still came through that one. Physically, he was struggling a bit.
"I know that I'm going to have to play well to win the match. But I just think mentally going in I'm going to feel better this time than I was going in playing against him at the US Open."
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