Defending Champ Roddick Out in Opener at ATP Miami

Defending Miami champion Andy Roddick was sent out in a shocker in his opening match Friday at the ATP Masters Series-Miami, retiring trailing 6-7(9), 3-4 with a wrist injury.

Roddick said he injured the wrist at 5-5 in the first set, receiving treatment from the trainer twice in the second set before hanging it up with what was diagnosed as a mild sprain.

"I just caught something the wrong way and jammed it a little bit," Roddick said. "Right now they don't think there's anything long-term, but it's going to take some rest."

Roddick failed to convert three set points in the tiebreak, smashing his racquet after hitting a serve long to lose the set.

"I don't know if there's anything more frustrating than trying to do something, being expected to do something, and not really feeling like you can do it to the best of your abilities," Roddick said.

Joining Roddick on the sidelines in frustration was unseeded countryman James Blake, who blew three set points in a third-set tiebreak loss to No. 5 seed Carlos Moya. On match point Blake fell to the court with cramps after scrambling for a shot wide, shaking hands with Moya while laying on his back.

"Can't be too disheartened because I played a good match," Blake said. "He came up with an unbelievable backhand pass on one of the match points. I had a ton of chances in the second set for break points, but a lot of them he hit big first serves. Wish I had some of those back to maybe guess on, but he played really well. That's why he's five in the world."

Moya said the credit for the victory was all his.

"When the important moments came, I think I play my best and I think that's why I won today," Moya said. "I think he didn't lose, but I won. I fought for the victory. You know, I just been lucky and I played better than him in those moments. But, you know, I think he's been unlucky today. He had many chances to win, and I been lucky to get through this match."

Other seeded winners in the windy Friday conditions were (3) Marat Safin (d. Labadze 7-6 in the third), (8) David Nalbandian (d. countryman Acasuso), (12) Tommy Robredo (d. Bjorkman, bagel in the second), (13) Ivan Ljubicic (d. A.Martin), (21) Vince Spadea (d. countryman Ginepri), (24) Jiri Novak (d. K.Kim), (25) Thomas Johansson (d. Rusedski), (26) Dominik Hrbaty (d. Nieminen), and (29) Rafael Nadal (d. Schuettler).

Rusedski for one was not blaming the tournament for the windy conditions in his loss.

"If they could just talk to God somehow and ask him to have some -- we don't mind windy, but just some straightforward wind -- it would be great," said Grinning Greg. "That's fine, you know. Nobody can control that -- unless you've got a direct number to the Man Upstairs, but he's got more important things to deal with."

Five players orchestrated seeded upsets on the day in former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero (d. (11) Canas in three), French wildcard teen Gael Monfils (d. (14) Davydenko from a set down), Korea's en fuego Hyung-Taik Lee (d. (17) Youzhny), Russian Igor Andreev (d. (20) Pavel, dropping only three games), and Spain's Dave Ferrer (d. (32) Malisse who was defaulted for cussing out an umpire).

Robredo, after his win over Bjorkman, withdrew from the tournament with a shoulder injury, handing Novak a walkover in the next round.

On tap for Saturday are (4) Guillermo "El Fragile" Coria vs. (Q) Sanguinetti, (1) Federer vs. Olivier "The Roach" Rochus, (9) Agassi vs. Mathieu, (10) Joachim "The Jackhammer" Johansson vs. (Q) Jeff "The Lizard King" Morrison, Zabaleta vs. (30) Paradorn "The Thai Fighter" Srichaphan, (WC) Philippoussis vs. (15) Fernando "Gonzo" Gonzalez, (LL) Minar vs. (6) Henman, Mardy "Silver" Fish vs. (16) Haas, (27) Sebastien "The Skateboard Kid" Grosjean vs. (Q) N.Lapentti, (Q) Phau vs. (7) Gaudio, Hanescu vs. (31) Dent, in doubles T.Johansson/Safin vs. Americans Dent/Ginepri, (Q) Clement vs. (19) Feliciano "F-Lo" Lopez, (28) Juan Ignacio "The Spitting Snake" Chela vs. (Q) Lisnard, (18) Mario "Baby Goran" Ancic vs. Ricardo Mello "Yello," Julien "United Colors of" Benneteau vs. (23) Stepanek, and (22) Kiefer vs. Florian "Oscar" Mayer in an all-German.