the Top 8 seeds receive first round byes, and tough openers include (15) Kohlschreiber vs. (WC) Baker, winner to meet the Harrison vs. Tomic victor; (10) Fish vs. F-Lo, (8) Monaco possibly vs. The Worm 2nd rd., (4) Ferrer possibly vs. Wawrinka 2nd rd., (14) Nishikori vs. Granoller, winner to possibly meet (WC) Blake; (11) Simon vs. Baghdatis, winner to meet Raonic vs. Gasquet victor; (6) Del Potro vs. Nalbandian/Haas winner, (9) Isner vs. Viktor Troicki, victor to face (WC) Hewitt vs. Mikhail Youzhny winner; (3) Murray possibly opening vs. (WC) Querrey, and (13) Dolgopolov vs. Davydenko

Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray all were on their game in second round wins.

“My nerves were playing me in the first set, that’s for sure,” Berankis said after the damage. “I didn’t play as I would like to play. But in the second set, a couple games here and there, I loosened up a little bit.”

Roger Federer was pushed again by Alejandro Falla but survived to advance to the second round at the Olympics.

The men’s singles olympics draw is out, will Roger Federer return to Wimbledon and find his pot of gold?

“I know by now the score of a set is irrelevant,” said Roddick, whose only career loss to Muller came at the US Open. “Whether it’s 7-6 or 6-1, it still counts the same. You just try to start over and put some holds together. I was able to [slide] out the second set and I think he might have gotten a little tired in the third.”

Andy Roddick seeks his second ATP title in three tournaments Sunday in Atlanta.

James Blake earned his first win of the season putting away 20-year-old Ryan Harrison last night in Atlanta.

Notes: Top 4 seeds receive first round byes, but plenty of good opening round matches including (1) Isner vs. Ram/qualifier winner (Ram coming off Newport SF), (7) Bogomolov vs. (WC) Jack Sock, (8) Soeda vs. X-Man, and (6) Harrison vs. Blake in a U.S. new vs. old match-up; additional wildcards went to Steve Johnson and Brian Baker; Mardy Fish (2011-10) has won the event both years since its re-inception in Atlanta, last year beating Isner and saving match points in brutal temperatures.

“I think the quality of tennis improved under the roof,” Murray said. “I was under the impression I was stopping at 11:00 regardless of what the score was. Even if it was in the middle of a game. But, yeah, obviously glad that I managed to get the finish. And the atmosphere at the end was excellent.”

Roger Federer escapes the clutches of Julien Benneteau at Wimbledon on Friday.

In upsets Tuesday, Finn Jarkko Nieminen ousted No. 14 Feliciano “F-Lo” Lopez in four, Belgian wildcard David Goffin surprised No. 20 Bernard Tomic in four, and Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov defeated No. 32 Kevin “Mr.” Anderson in four.

The Olympic player field is announced.

I’m Picking Rafael Nadal to win Wimbledon!

It was Roddick’s fifth title on grass, and through the first six months of the season he is the only American male to win a singles title.