ATPWorldTour.com takes a look at the news and talking points at the Australian Open on Thursday.

The King Of Tennis Meets A Future King
His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales visited Melbourne Park to watch ATP World Tour No. 1 Roger Federer play Victor Hanescu of Romania.

He received applause from the 15,000 spectators on Rod Laver Arena as he took his seat in the front row of the Royal Box alongside Geoff Pollard, the president of Tennis Australia, with Swiss superstar Federer leading 3-0 in the third set.

Federer had his picture taken with Prince William, who has ended his tour of New Zealand and Australia, after the 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 second-round victory.

The Prince, who also visited Sony Ericsson WTA Tour player Serena Williams after her match, politely asked the photographer, Benjamin Solomon, if he could send the images onto Buckingham Palace in London. In the end, the photographer put the pictures on to a disc, and Prince William left with a CD - labelled 'HRH photos'.

Federer was asked by Jim Courier, who is working for the host broadcaster Seven Network, in the on-court post-match interview to address Prince William, who laughed a little when he suddenly became the focus of attention in the stadium. Federer took the microphone and said: "Um, your royal highness, welcome to the world of tennis, thanks for coming."

Later, Federer said: "Tonight was obviously extremely special. It was an honour playing in front of him. We got a little chance to talk afterwards. He was happy he could make it. He looked really happy coming to a sports venue. I think he's had a very busy schedule the last few days. He shook a lot of hands, and I knew mine was one more."

Earlier in the day, Prince William spent his last full day in Australia touring the area of the state of Victoria devastated by bushfires nearly a year ago.

Prince William also visited the All England Club in 1991 with his later mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who was a regular visitor. His grandmother, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, last watched a tennis match at a Grand Slam championship during her Silver Jubilee Year in 1977, when Virginia Wade captured the Wimbledon ladies’ singles title.

Davydenkos Put Family On Hold… For Now
After Nikolay Davydenko beat Ukrainian qualifier Illya Marchenko in the second round on Thursday, the Russian discussed how he took his vodka "mixed with Red Bull, to give me a little bit power in the disco", why he always seems to be talking about money: "because I'm Russian", and why his wife of four years doesn't want children yet: "she's scared I'll drop down the rankings".

As long as Davydenko continues to rise up the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings his wife, Irina, has banned any hopes the Muscovite has of having children for fear it will distract him from his tennis.

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"Really, I would like [to] have kids now, like Federer already [has] two, or Hewitt," said Davydenko. "But my wife doesn't want to, you know, stay at home. She travels with me now.

"Now I'm top 10. She [is] scared about if I start to, with kids, lose tennis [matches] and go down [the rankings]. She thinks I can win everything. She analyses because she's travelled with me [for] already six years. Because in sitting with my brother, [Eduard Davydenko, his coach] my brother always talks about what I did. She can coach me already.

"If you win some tournaments you can tell your kids what you did, because you know if my kids ask: 'Why papa, why are you not working now, what are you doing now?' I need to explain what I did, how my life was before."

Nadal No Fan Of DIY Service
Defending champion Rafael Nadal was treated to a Japanese meal by his father, Sebastian, on Wednesday night after his second round win over Slovakian Lukas Lacko.

In a blog for the Herald Sun, an Australian newspaper, Nadal wrote: "We thought we were going to a normal Japanese restaurant, you know, sushi, salmon with teriyaki sauce, warm edamame, [but] we got to this restaurant where, basically, you [had] to cook your own things at the table. I mean, the quality of the food was great but I was actually expecting something different, so ... not that good."

Face Paints
Philipp Kohlschreiber, Nadal's third round opponent, met with some German fans at Melbourne Park and had his face painted with the colours of the German flag.

Match Of The Day, Comeback Of The Day
Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, winner of last week's Medibank International Sydney title, recovered from two sets down and painful cramp to advance to the third round of the Australian Open with a 4-6, 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-3, 6-1 victory over No. 17 seed David Ferrer of Spain.

The 2006 runner-up, who was supported by large groups of expatriot Greek and Cypriot fans, will next face 2005 finalist and Australian favourite Lleyton Hewitt. Two years ago, Hewitt won a five-set match that started just before midnight and did not finish until 4:34 a.m. local time.