Melbourne, Jan. 18 : Thirteen-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer has said that those who harbour the dream of unseating him, would have to put up `heck of a performance to beat me’.

He is not uncomfortable admitting he expects to win. Having won the Grand Slams he has, that is not arrogance - it is realism.

Last year, he was below physical fitness here, but he won the last slam of the year in New York when he had finally recovered his fitness and form.

"It''s going to take a heck of a performance from one of the players to win this tournament so it''s going to be interesting," he said after winning the AAMI Classic exhibition tournament.

Melbourne  - The pressure has been miraculously reduced for Roger Federer as the Swiss prepares to start his Australian Open with a Monday night opening match against Italian Andreas Seppi.

With his title-grabbing juggernaut slowed from 2008, the world number two begins the bid for a fourth Melbourne Park title in six years in a remarkably relaxed state of mind.

"It's a bit nicer not having to defend almost every week I play," the second seed said on Sunday before heading out the the practise courts. "I guess that's the nice part about it.

Melbourne  - The pressure has been miraculously reduced for Roger Federer as the Swiss prepares to start his Australian Open with a Monday night opening match against Italian Andreas Seppi.

With his title-grabbing juggernaut slowed from 2008, the world number two begins the bid for a fourth Melbourne Park title in six years in a remarkably relaxed state of mind.

"It's a bit nicer not having to defend almost every week I play," the second seed said on Sunday before heading out the the practise courts. "I guess that's the nice part about it.

Melbourne  - Realistic Roger Federer is well aware that a jam-packed annual tennis calendar will almost certainly not allow the Australian Open to move from its traditional January date.

Despite voicing the opinion this week that the Open would be more pleasing to players were it slid a few weeks into February - more time for preparation - the Swiss knows that a such a move is just a dream.

"A lot has been said - the Australian Open has to be moved two weeks later - but that's not what was meant in any way," he explained on Sunday.

"We were asked if we should change the Australian Open schedule, we always talk about calendar changes. It was taken out of context," he said.

Melbourne  - Women's draw with qualifiers inseryted for for the 15.5-million-dollar Australian Open starting Monday. <# Jelena Jankovic, 1, Serbia v Yvonne Meusburger, Australia

Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium v Rossana De Los Rios, Paraguay Nathalie Dechy, France v Viktoriya Kutusova, Ukraine

Stephanie Dubois, Canada v Ai Sugiyama, Japan

Sybille Bammer, Austria v Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic

Petra Cetkovska, Czech Republic v Marina Erakovic, New Zealand

Melbourne  - Men's draw with qualifiers inserted for the 15.5-million-dollar Australian Open starting Monday. <# Rafael Nadal, 1, Spain v Christophe Rochus, Belgium

Florent Serra, France v Roko Karanusic, Croatia

Eduardo Schwank, Argentina v Tommy Haas, Germany

Flavio Cipolla, Italy v Dmitry Tursunov, Russia

Richard Gasquet, France v Diego Junqueira, Argentina

Vince Spadea, US v Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan

Guillermo Canas, Argentina v Dieter Kindlmann, Germany