Federer Survives Shaky Outing, Roddick On Tap Today at ATP Bangkok

"The first match in Thailand felt good and I'm always happy to win tiebreakers," Federer said. "I had a vacation after the US Open and I have been working out here since I got here last week. I've been training and I'm almost over the jet-lag which is important to avoid injuries. Also, I've been training very hard and I'm not feeling tired, but I hope I feel tired at the end of the week."

Not so lucky was Federer's Davis Cup coach, Marc Rosset, who was edged in a third set tiebreak by Aussie Paul Baccanello. Also into the second round was No. 5 seed and defending champ Taylor "Make a" Dent, who struggled past unseeded countryman Justin "Time" Gimelstob in three sets.

"He played well the whole match and I was struggling with my serve and volleys," Dent said of Gimelstob, who last week won a challenger event. "For my game it's important to do these two things well."

Other un-seeds into the second round were Dutchman Dennis van Scheppingen (d. (WC) Djokovic in three), American Jeff "The Lizard King" Morrison (d. (Q) Kohlmann), Switzerland's Ivo "I Dated Hingis" Heuberger (d. Savolt), and another young American in Alex Bogomolov Jr. (d. (Q) Crabb).

On court Wednesday, ticket-holders get their money's worth with two former No. 1s and a couple locals to cheer for in (WC) Udomchoke vs. Vanek, Okun vs. (3) Safin, (4) Srichaphan vs. Chiudinelli, (LL) Parmar vs. (2) Roddick, (7) Andreev vs. (Q) Wassen, Levy vs. (8) Soderling, and (Q) Iwabuchi vs. A.Garcia.