Andreas Seppi guided Italy into the first finals of the revamped Davis Cup after beating India 3-1 in the world group qualifier.

World number one Novak Djokovic recorded a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (8/6) win over Italy's Andreas Seppi in the third round of the Australian Open.

Roger Federer claimed his 15th career title on grass, coming just over a week away from Wimbledon, where he will be bidding to win an eighth time.

Roger Federer may have exited Australian Open in the third round but he has won too often in recent months, and even recent weeks, for any reasonable tennis observer to take his Melbourne performance as a confirmation that the end should be nigh.

Roger Federer made his earliest exit from Australian Open in 14 years when he suffered a four-set loss to Italian veteran Andreas Seppi in the third round.

Andreas Seppi had never beaten Roger Federer in 10 previous meetings. On Friday at Australian Open, the Italian stunned the Swiss Grand Slam maestro.

Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi went down 6-7 (10-12), 6-4, 6-7 (5-7) against the unseeded Italian pair of Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi here Tuesday.

The eighth-seeded Argentine converted only two of his 11 break points and needed four match points to close out Seppi, saying he got a bit nervous toward the end.

Seppi, who went the distance to beat Denis Istomin in the previous round, has now won all seven of the five-set matches in 2013 dating back to the Australian Open in January.

France's Michael Llodra retired from his second round Wimbledon match with Italian 23rd seed Andreas Seppi on Thursday, taking the total of pullouts to 11 at the tournament.