Third seed David Ferrer has won through to the second round of the Australian Open, defeating Colombian Alejandro Gonzalez 6-3 6-4 6-4.

Ferrer, the highest ranked of four opening-day winners among the top 10 seeds, was tested over two hours and had to recover from a service break down in the third set to advance.

In the second round, Ferrer will play Frenchman Adrian Mannarino, who won through after a five-set struggle with American wildcard Steve Johnson.

Czech seventh seed Tomas Berdych made light work of Ukrainian Aleksandr Nedovyesov, winning 6-3 6-4 6-3 in under two hours.

Berdych caught attention with a bright blue and white striped shirt sure to upset traditionalists but his tennis could not be faulted, unbroken over 14 service games and hitting 38 winners for the match.

Ferrer and Berdych are joined in the second round by eighth seed Stanislas Wawrinka, who was the opening day’s first winner.

Wawrinka was leading Andrey Golubev 6-4 4-1 when the Kazakh retired injured with a lower leg complaint on the opening day of the championships.

On a hot Melbourne day, Wawrinka spent just 65 minutes on court, but said he would have preferred longer.

“We never want the opponent to retire for injury but that’s what happened today,” Wawrinka said.

“I was feeling good. I think it’s one of the best starts in a grand slam if I look about my game and how I felt on court. I was moving well, playing strong.”

Ninth seed Richard Gasquet also progressed, overcoming fellow Frenchman David Guez 7-5 6-4 6-1, while Russian 14th seed Mikhail Youzhny defeated German Jan-Lennard Struff 6-1 6-4 6-2.