Federer, Nadal, Roddick Advance; Ginepri, Gonzo Out at Indian Wells

World No. 1 Roger Federer (d. Massu), No. 2 Rafael Nadal (d. Hernych), No. 3 Andy Roddick (d. Acasuso, bagel in the second set), No. 8 Andre Agassi (d. American countryman Goldstein in three), and unseeded Marat Safin (d. (28) Moya from a set down) led the marquee top seeds Sunday with wins to advance in the early rounds at the Masters Series-Indian Wells.

Federer said he knew he was in for a difficult time against Massu, who has beaten him before on hardcourts.

"I knew beforehand it was going to be a tough match because he's been playing well," Federer told reporters. "He won the Olympics on a surface like this. I wasn't too pleased when I saw the draw because he beat me one time before. I know he's a tough competitor and I'm happy to be through. I'm always worried about crashing out in the early rounds and (having) to sit here and explain why."

Nadal survived an uncomfortable early-day encounter with swirling winds in his debut match after an opening-round bye.

"The first match always is very difficult," the 19-year-old Nadal told reporters after besting Hernych. "Very difficult to play like this, I didn't feel good...It's windy and the wind is not going to the right, to the left, in front, the wind goes like this (making circular motion) and it's very difficult to play."

Agassi was at his diva-like best upon being tested by Goldstein, smashing his racquet in aggravation in his inability to take the upper hand in rallies, and demanding play be stopped when rain sprinkles began in the third set, with the chair umpire refusing.

"I have a hard time playing on hardcourt when it's drizzling," Agassi told reporters. "I was just asking if we could wait just a few minutes. Then they stopped (after Goldstein fell) and we waited until the rain stopped, and then it was a lot easier to concentrate."

At one point Goldstein won six straight games but played tentatively with his lead.

"There were just a handful of shots I wish I had back now," the 29-year-old Goldstein told reporters. "I need to play more carefree. I need to hit some of those what-the-heck shots."

Other seeded victors Sunday were (4) David Nalbandian (d. (Q) Gimelstob), (5) Nikolay Davydenko (d. Murray in three), (6) Ivan Ljubicic (d. (Q) Tipsarevic), (7) Gaston Gaudio (d. Saulnier in three), (14) Juan Carlos Ferrero (d. Spadea 7-6 in the third), (16) Richard Gasquet (d. (Q) K.Kim), (17) Tommy Robredo (d. Carlsen), (19) Dominik Hrbaty (d. Bracciali), (22) Jarkko Nieminen (d. Mayer), (24) Igor Andreev (d. Russian countryman Tursunov from a set down), (25) Marcos Baghdatis (d. Bjorkman), (26) Tommy Haas (d. Clement in three), (27) Gael Monfils (d. (Q) Morrison in three), (30) Olivier Rochus (d. Wawrinka), and (32) Fernando Verdasco (d. Karlovic 7-6 in the third).

"He's one of those players who that will be around the top for a long time because he doesn't give away any cheap points," Murray told reporters, again going to the 'I'm only 18'-card after being outlasted by Davydenko. "I gave 100 percent, and I think that's all you can ask for. I said the other day, I'm not going to play consistently my best every week because I'm too young, but I fought pretty hard."

Orchestrating upsets on the day were German Philipp Kohlschreiber, who continued the 2006 misery of (10) David Ferrer with an easy 2-and-2 dismissal; hot-handed Swede Robin Soderling dismissing (13) Fernando Gonzalez with a second-set bagel; Thai Paradorn Srichaphan extending (18) Robby Ginepri's personal nightmare-of-a-slide in straight sets; and American wildcard Mardy Fish continuing his comeback from multiple wrist surgeries to oust (31) Filippo Volandri in straight sets.

Winners in all-unseeded match-ups were Frenchmen (Q) Julien Benneteau (d. Chela in three) and Paul-Henri Mathieu (d. Seppi 6-1 in the third), German Rainer Schuettler (d. Pashanski), Xavier "X-Man" Malisse (d. Santoro in three), and Belgian Kristof Vliegen (d. (Q) Burgsmuller in three).

Some titanic matches are on tap for Monday in (9) Hewitt vs. the former Top 10er Schuettler, (3) Roddick vs. (32) Verdasco who beat the American in their last meeting, (8) Agassi vs. (26) Haas, (23) Berdych vs. Henman, (4) Nalbandian vs. (Q) Benneteau, Safin vs. (5) Davydenko in an all-Russian rematch from last week, (17) Robredo vs. (12) Blake, Srichaphan vs. (14) Ferrero, Vliegen vs. (20) Grosjean, (11) Kiefer vs. Mathieu, Sanguinetti vs. (21) Ancic, Soderling vs. Andreev, (15) Stepanek vs. X-Man, and Kohlschreiber vs. (22) Nieminen.