Rusedski, Ferrero Fall; Roddick, Nadal in Action Today at Madrid

Big-serving Croat "Dr." Ivo Karlovic and Greg Rusedski brought out the serving fireworks Tuesday at the Masters Series-Madrid, with Karlovic edging the Brit 6-7(5), 7-6(2), 7-6(3) to advance to a meeting with No. 2 seed Any Roddick.

"If you could have written the worst draw for me then this was it," said Rusedski, who threw down nine aces to Karlovic's 24. "With the altitude here and the hardcourts his serve was even faster than usual and it's not fun for anyone to play him. I didn't do much wrong and didn't lose my serve but he played some really good tennis."

Max "The Beast" Mirnyi serve-and-volleyed past former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero in straight sets.

"He played very well and these conditions were very quick," Ferrero said. "I was a little slower than normal."

Seeded winners Tuesday were (5) David Nalbandian (d. Melzer), (11) David Ferrer (d. Calleri in three), (15) Fernando Gonzalez (d. Verdasco in three), and (16) Robby Ginepri (d. Grosjean from a set down).

Other unseeded winners were former No. 1 Carlos Moya (d. Volandri), Slovak Karol Beck (d. Kiefer who retired with injury), Argentine Jose Acasuso (d. Youzhny who retired with injury), and the Belgian Rochus brothers Olivier (d. Berdych from a set down) and Christophe (d. Monfils).

Scheduled for Wednesday in Madrid are (Q) C.Rochus vs. (4) Coria, (10) Stepanek vs. Henman, (1) Nadal vs. Hanescu, (Q) Karlovic vs. (2) Roddick, Moya vs. (13) Robredo, (14) Hrbaty vs. Haas, Acasuso vs. (7) Gaudio, (3) Davydenko vs. Beck, Mirnyi vs. (6) Puerta, (Q) Chela vs. (9) T.Johansson, O.Rochus vs. (12) Ancic, and (8) Ljubicic vs. (Q) A.Martin.