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KEY BISCAYNE, MARCH 23. A year after making his breakthrough at the Nasdaq- 100 Open Masters, 10th seed Andy Roddick suffered a break down when he crashed out 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in the second round of the $3.5 million tournament to Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela here on Friday. But not even three rain delays could distract defending champion Andre Agassi as he began his bid for a fifth Miami Masters title with a clinical 6-3, 6-1 victory over Britain's Greg Rusedski. Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Sebastien Gorsjean also opened their accounts in impressive fashion, the Russian third seed disposing of Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-4, 6-0 while the seventh seeded Frenchman brushed aside Italy's Andrea Gaudenzi 6-1, 6-4. Having dipped to number 10 in the world following a first round exit last week in Indian Wells, Agassi arrived in Miami in desperate need of a solid result to keep from slipping further down the rankings. A loss to the 38th-ranked Rusedski would have also ended a streak that stretches back to May 1988, a span of nearly 14 years that has seen either Agassi or Pete sampras in the world top-10. After the start of the match was delayed a half hour because of rain, Agassi and Rusedski played two points when the skies opened again forcing them off the court for 40 minutes. When play resumed both men appeared to have problems finding their rhythm, particularly Rusedski who double-faulted on set point to hand Agassi a 1-0 lead. With Agassi up a set and leading 2-1 in the second rain again began to fall causing another 45 minute delay. When the players returned to the court Agassi played as if he were late for a dinner engagement breaking Rusedski twice on way to sweeping the final four games. The results: Men's singles (second round): Juan Ignacio Chela bt Andy Roddick 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Yevgeny Kafelnikov bt Tommy Robredo 6-4, 6-0; Hicham Arazi bt Francisco Clavet 6-2, 7-5; Adrian Voinea bt Ivan Ljubicic 4-6, 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (8-6); Alex Corretja bt Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4; Gaston Gaudio bt Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 6-3; Nicolas Lapentti bt Nikolay Davydenko 6-2, 6-4; Guillermo Coria bt Albert Costa 6-2, 6-3; Andre Agassi bt Greg Rusedski 6-3, 6-1; Nicolas Escude bt Fernando Meligeni 6- 4, 6-4; Sebastien Grosjean bt Andrea Gaudenzi 6-1, 6-4. Women's singles (second round): Martina Hingis bt Janet Lee, Taiwan 6-1, 6-0; Meghann Shaughnessy bt Vanessa Webb 6-4, 6-4; Magdalena Maleeva bt Iva Majoli 6-1, 5-7, 6-0; Marissa Irvin bt Daja Bedanova 7-6 (7-5), 6-2; Alexandra Stevenson bt Evie Dominikovic 6-3, 6-2;, Tatiana Poutchek bt Nathalie Dechy 6-3, 0-6, 6-0; Serena Williams bt Lilia Osterloh 7-5, 6-1; Jelena Dokic bt Marlene Weingartner 6-3, 6-2; Amanda Coetzer bt Gala Leon Garcia 6-3, 6-4.
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