Federer, Safin, Agassi Advance to 4th Round at Australian Open

"I wasn't happy," said Federer, who was broken in his first service game. "That's clear. I was a little irritated after that, and just worried, you know, because I had the feeling this could be a tough match, and I knew that from the start. Then I ended up losing my first service game. That was bad...it's a left-hander. You know, totally different match to the match I played before. And sometimes that just takes a little bit of -- a couple of games to get used to it. You know, I had a bad start."

None of the winning seeds in action Friday on the men's side had it easy, with victors (4) Marat Safin (d. Mario "Baby Goran" Ancic in four, overcoming a twisted ankle), (8) Andre Agassi (d. (29) Taylor Dent 7-5, 7-6(3), 6-1), (11) Joachim "The Jackhammer" Johansson (d. (24) Feliciano "F-Lo" Lopez 13-11 in the fifth), (20) Dominik "The Dominator" Hrbaty (d. (10) Gaudio, coming from 1-2 sets down), and former champ (30) Thomas Johansson (d. the American Kim, coming from 1-2 sets down).

"I'm a hard head," said The Dominator after hanging around for almost 4-1/2 hours in defeating Gaudio. "I'm not really a talented guy."

Kim led two sets to one over Johansson, who was spurred on a by a raucous group of face-painted Swedish supporters who did cheers and sang '80s songs in support of their man.

"I really enjoyed the atmosphere, even if they were mostly against me," Kim said. "I haven't heard that kind of cheering since playing in college."

Cyprus' Marcos "Bombs Over" Baghdatis also produced an upset, ousting (13) Tommy Robredo in straight sets. Following Baghdatis' upset, Cyprus supporters in the stands lit flares producing an unnerving effect of smoke and flames amidst the spectators. Baghdatis has won 17 of his last 18 matches at the different tour levels of play.

In the only all-unseeded match of the day, Olivier "The Roach" Rochus of Belgium defeated Karol Beck after dropping the first set.

On tap for Saturday in Melbourne are (6) Coria vs. (31) Ferrero (Spaniard leads career series 2-0, both on clay), (32) Jurgen "Tuna" Melzer vs. (2) Roddick (American leads 2-0), (25) Chela vs. (3) Hewitt (tied 1-1, with Chela winning on hardcourt last year at Indian Wells), (7) Henman vs. (26) Davydenko, Stepanek vs. (12) Canas, (23) Fernando "Gonzo" Gonzalez vs. (9) Nalbandian (Argentine leads 4-1, with all four of Nalbandian's wins going three sets), Rafael "The Prodigy" Nadal vs. Bobby Reynolds "Wrap," and Lisnard vs. Kohlschreiber.