Someone must have lobbed a pair of armbands at Facundo Bagnis. The Argentine, ranked below Evans at 65th in the world, comes up breathing as he saves those two break points before holding Evans off in deuce. Gutsy stuff.

Oh hello. Facundo Bagnis is sinking as he is engulfed in a Dan Evans tidal wave. The Brit racks up two more break points...

Facundo Bagnis is leaving the door ajar for Dan Evans. And the British number three has no qualms about sneaking in and robbing the Argentine blind.

A decent hold from Evo as Bagnis starts firing bullets everywhere except the target.

Love him or hate him, Nick Kyrgios is blockbusting stuff. The home favourite's fourth Aussie Open is underway over on Laver - he opens up with a routine hold-to-love. Sealed with an ace.

Bagnis bites back as Evans skews his forehand, before a powerful serve secures him the game. It's plenty hot out there, judging by the puffing cheeks of these two.

The momentum pendulum has swung firmly in Dan Evans' direction. Another breakthrough for the Brummie, who takes the first of three break points in the second-set opener. And it comes in style. Bagnis leaves a return short, Evans galloping towards the ball and dispatching it with a vicious forehand. Quality.

Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova has completed a tidy victory over Colombian Mariana Duque.

Kuznetsova , ranked ninth in the world, reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in 2013.

"I hope that I am like a wine and older is better, so I hope to prove that," she said.

"I have great memories here. The people here I think are the nicest in all the world so I always look forward to coming back here."

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Phew! Dan Evans has nailed it. A throat-hurting roar from the British number three as he takes the opening set. After saving THREE set points in that tie-break remember. Gutsy stuff.

Evans, serving for the first set, is the next to make a mistake, overcooking a return to let Bagnis off the hook. But he recovers to give himself another chance...

Bagnis manages to rescue himself with his first serve, then drops a HUGE error to give Evans another chance. The Argentine plants a net volley in the tramlines. That was well wide....

Danger averted! Evans saves a third set point, then wins his fourth point on the bounce as Bagnis can't return a deep incision on his deuce side.

Three become one. Bagnis lets Evans through the side door, then the Brit brilliantly pins Bagnis back as he pounces on a decent serve. Now Evans serves to stay in this first set...

A change of ends hampers Evans, the setting Melbourne sun peeking out to disrupt his serve. Three set points for Bagnis.....

Bagnis pulls out a big serve which leaves Evans floundering with the return. Over to you Dan...

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Tighter than a dodgy hamstring this one...

Bagnis is back to his feet. Nothing but his pride hurt. The Argentine levels, leading to a bit of blue from Evo, the Brit taking the next point when Bagnis goes long.

Evo is back in business. A gift from Bagnis gets that mini-break back, before the Argentine stumbles to the floor as an Evo lob sails over his head and inside the baseline.

A very busy point as Bagnis pins Evans back into the backhand corner. The Brit eventually buckles and loses his opening serve...

Tie-break time. Facundo Bagnis, who is playing in the main draw at Melbourne Park for the first time, keeps his nerve - and keeps Dan Evans at arm's length. Into a decider...

Right then, let's see what Facundo Bagnis is made of. The Argentine serves to stay in this opening set...