Udomchoke described his 7-6(0) 7-5 4-6 6-1 victory over Ferrero as the second biggest win of his career after his Davis Cup success against highly-respected German Tommy Haas last year.

The 25-year-old Thai, who recently won the gold medal at the Asian Games tennis event, says his run of success at Melbourne Park this year is due to the fact he is feeling 'no pressure.'

And he says he will take that same attitude into his third round clash against rising Serbian star and No.14 seed Novak Djokovic, even though he is now the only Asian man left in the tournament following the second round loss on Day Three of Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu, who went down to Russian No.25 seed Mikhail Youzhny 7-5 6-4 6-4.

"When I go onto the court I am not feeling any pressure," the 102nd ranked Udomchoke said, following his win over Ferrero.

"When I arrived here my goal was only to win the first round and I have achieved that goal already so anything else now is a bonus."

In three of his previous four Grand Slam tournaments, Udomchoke has bowed out in the first round, the only exception being his at Wimbledon in 2005 where he reached the second round.

But after humbling Ferrero, Udomchoke now faces the biggest match of his career against Djokovic, the hottest young player in men's tennis.

The pair has never played but knows each other well, having once teamed together in doubles a couple of years ago at a tournament in Bangkok.

"At that stage he (Djokovic) was ranked about 230 but he has really gone on since then," Udomchoke said.

But Udomchoke is determined to take the same 'nothing to lose' attitude on court against Djokovic, saying he is undaunted at the prospect of now carrying Asian male hopes solely on his shoulders.

"There is no-one else from Asia left (in the men's draw) so hopefully everyone in Asia will be supporting me now and I can use that support to help me."

While Udomchoke is left to fly the flag on his own in the men's draw, Asia's women players continue to perform well at Melbourne Park.

Two more Asian women advanced to the second round in delayed first round action on Day Three with China's Shuai Peng downing Slovakian Andreja Klepac 6-3 4-6 6-1 while countrywoman and No.19 seed Na Li was untroubled against Russia's Elena Bovina in winning 6-4 6-3.

But another Chinese player in Meng Yuan bowed out after being thrashed 6-3 6-0 by American Ashley Harkleroad in her first round match.

And Japan's No.23 seed Ai Sugiyama went down in a marathon second round clash against Belarusian Anastasiya Yakimova 6-2 2-6 10-8.

Courtesy : Australian Open Website