Federer Struggles, Dent Ousts Coria at ATP Miami

Federer double-faulted to lose serve at 5-3, then lost his next service game in extending the match for an eventual 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win to move into the fourth round at the ATP Masters Series-Miami.

"You start to think about everything," said Federer, who ran his current win streak to 18 matches. "Yeah, so, you know, the wind comes into play. He's getting more pumped. The rallies are going his way, not your way anymore. You have the feeling you're forcing some issues. That's just the way I felt. But still, you know, to be on top in the end, I'm really, really satisfied because, yeah, it wasn't easy tonight. But I'm happy."

American serve-and-volleyer Taylor Dent produced the biggest upset on the day, with the No. 31 seed taming the windy conditions to oust last year's runner-up and No. 4 seed Guillermo Coria 6-3, 6-4.

"I feel like if I execute my game, I'm going to give anybody in the world a handful of trouble," Dent said. "So, you know, that's just kind of the mind-set I go out there with in every match. That's what happened today, I just happened to be executing from the start."

The complimentary Coria gave credit for his struggles to the net-pressure efficiency of Dent.

"The biggest difference was that Dent started serving very well from the beginning of the match," Coria said. "He was hitting very well the slice. I never felt comfortable out there, but I feel that I didn't play as well because of the way Taylor Dent played. He put a lot of pressure on me and played very well."

Other Top 10 seeds advancing were (6) Tim Henman (d. (28) Chela, dropping only four games), (7) Gaston Gaudio (d. (27) Grosjean), and (9) Andre Agassi (d. (Q) Clement), all in straight sets.

"I felt really settled from the beginning," said Agassi who was not bothered by the baseline tenacity of the Frenchman Clement. "I was very comfortable sort of hitting just a quality ball that I knew I could hit over and over again in tough conditions. I felt like I was always ready to step it up from there, sort of as I needed to, for any given point or shot. Felt pretty good out there."

Henman, along with Dent one of the rare players employing a mainly serve-and-volley style, gave Chela no chance while displaying a suffocating net game despite the windy conditions.

"I was aware early on, obviously, of the wind, but much, much cooler today," Henman said. "That makes it considerably slower. So that, I think, adds to my satisfaction in the way that I played because I knew -- I made a conscious effort not to try to start forcing the ball to get a little bit extra on different shots. But just really was focused on the style."

Other lower seeds advancing were (18) Mario Ancic (d. (16) Haas) and (23) Radek Stepanek (d. (Q) Morrison, bagel in the second), while Germany's Florian Mayer became the only unseeded player to advance on the day with a three-set win over (15) Fernando Gonzalez.

Tuesday's schedule in men's fourth round play in Miami is (WC) Gael "Force" Monfils vs. (26) Dominik "The Dominator" Hrbaty, (9) Agassi vs. (7) Gaudio, (1) Federer vs. (18) Mario "Baby Goran" Ancic, (31) Dent vs. Florian "Oscar" Mayer, Ferrer vs. Ferrero in an all-Spanish, (13) Ljubicic vs. (29) Rafael "The Prodigy" Nadal, (25) T.Johansson vs. (24) Novak, and (23) Stepanek vs. (6) Henman.