Jamie Murray and his mixed doubles partner Liezel Huber enjoyed a solid start to their Australian Open campaign with a straight-sets victory over Australians Sophie Ferguson and Chris Guccione.
Murray and his American partner are seeded fourth in the event and won 6-2 7-5 without having to save a break point in a comfortable victory.
They will next face Nathalie Dechy of France and Andy Ram of Israel after that pair defeated Australia's Rennae Stubbs and Czech Republic's Frantisek Cermak 6-1 6-4.
Murray reached the final of the US Open with Huber last year and the Scot also won the 2007 mixed doubles championship at Wimbledon with Serbia's Jelena Jankovic.
There were also two Britons involved in the Junior Girls competition with mixed results.
Heather Watson, who is seeded ninth, stormed into the second round with a ruthless 6-2 6-1 victory over Australia's Harriet Sheahan.
However, Hannah James crashed out; despite winning the first set against Serbia's Alexandra Krunic she went down 2-6 6-4 7-5.
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