She also partnered Australian Sally Peers to reach the quarter-finals of the women's doubles at Melbourne Park.
Djokovic has won four of his six major titles at Melbourne Park, where he is now unbeaten in 21 matches.
The Melbourne Park event, which gets underway on 19 January, is the only Grand Slam which already uses a retractable roof.
Djokovic's win went against the odds of recent finals at Melbourne Park.
Within days of taking the job last January, he was forced to reduce tensions after rumors of a potential player strike surfaced at Melbourne Park.
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Officials at Melbourne Park insist they have made the courts faster in recent years by altering both factors, but this year's tournament is unchanged from 2005.
"I broke him straight away, that always makes a big difference, " added Murray about a match that was played under cover due to rain at Melbourne Park.
"If it was in March, people could take a rest all January and February as well, " added Federer, who is aiming for his 10th Grand Slam at Melbourne Park.
The second-seeded Russian beat Japan's Misaki Doi by the double-bagel score in just 47 minutes, her second consecutive match at Melbourne Park in which her opponent failed to win a game.
With the 2008 champion losing at the quarter-final stage in the last two years at Melbourne Park, the Serb looked in determined mood and broke as early as the fourth game against Almagro to set him on the way to taking the opening set in 31 minutes.
Regardless of preseason statistics, Vettel will be the man every driver on the grid will be targeting when the lights go out at Melbourne's Albert Park.
This was the Serbian's first title since his Melbourne heroics and his third on the hard courts of Crandon Park.
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