Kafelnikov edges past Finn

Kafelnikov received an unexpected scare

Top seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia had to battle for his 6-2 4-6 6-2 victory over Finland's Tuomas Ketola in the first round of the Halle ATP tournament.

Germany's Tommy Haas, seeded eighth, canterede to a 6-4 6-4 win over Max Mirnyi of Belarus.

Defending champion David Prinosil edged past Spain's Carlos Moya after winning the first two sets in two tense tie-breakers.

Prinosil meets Roger Federer of Switzerland in the second round after Federer, seeded sixth, came back from one set down to beat Spain's Albert Portas 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-2.

"The pressure is always very high as defending champion. So I'm delighted that I've gotten over the early hurdle," said Prinosil.

Sweden's Magnus Larsson overcame Spain's Alex Calatrava 7-6 (7-5) 6-4 and seventh seed Thomas Johansson beat Michael Chang of the United States 6-2 7-5.

Fellow Swede Jonas Bjorkman thrashed Netherlands' Sjeng Schalken 6-1 6-4.