Samantha Stosur matched her best result at Wimbledon as she stormed into the third round with a dominant win over Russian Olga Puchkova on Thursday.

The second day of doubles action at Melbourne Park saw some mixed results for the Aussies with Samantha Stosur safely through.

A brutally honest Samantha Stosur confessed to a mental meltdown after suffering yet more Australian Open heartache at Melbourne Park.

UPDATE 10 PM: Tough day for the Aussies as only Samantha Stosur makes a winning start.

Noted front-runner Samantha Stosur has progressed safely to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne.

Samantha Stosur's coach says Martina Navratilova is wrong.

Samantha Stosur concedes Lleyton Hewitt is right when he says she has put herself under too much pressure come the Australian Open.

Samantha Stosur has a chance of salvaging her summer after being handed a promising draw for the Australian Open starting on Monday.

Tennis legend Martina Navratilova says Samantha Stosur has a high risk game that's failing her when nervous and she needs to relax to save her Australian summer.

Samantha Stosur's disappointing run in Australia has continued with a deflating first-round exit from the Apia International Sydney.