Roddick in Nasdaq crash

Chela came into the match in good form

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Tenth seed Andy Roddick became the first major casualty of the Nasdaq-100 Open Masters when he crashed out 6-3 2-6 6-4 to Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela on Friday

Roddick failed to match his performance last year at this tournament when he beat former world number ones Pete Sampras and Marcelo Rios before losing to Lleyton Hewitt in the quarter-finals.

Chela, who reached the final in Sydney and two other semi-finals this season, will now meet Frenchman Nicolas Escude, who beat Brazilian Fernando Meligeni 6-4 6-4.

Roddick's serve failed him when he needed it most

Rain curtailed the day's play meaning some matches were held over until Saturday, including Juan Carlos Ferrero's meeting with Todd Martin.

Third-seeded Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov swept past Spain's Tommy Robredo 6-4 6-0.

Kafelnikov, who has reached the quarter-finals in four of the six events he has played this season, started slowly against the 36th-ranked Spanish claycourter.

But he needed just 23 minutes to clinch the second set.

In seven tournaments this year Robredo has yet to get past the second round.

Kafelnikov will next meet American wildcard Mardy Fish or Chile's Marcelo Rios.

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Men's second round results (Friday):

Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) bt Tommy Robredo (Spa) 6-4 6-0
Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Andy Roddick (US) 6-3 2-6 6-4
Sebastien Grosjean (Fra x7) bt Andrea Gaudenzi (Ita) 6-1 6-4
Andre Agassi (USA x9) bt Greg Rusedski (Gbr) 6-3 6-1
Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) bt Andy Roddick (USA x10) 6-3 2-6 6-4
Alex Corretja (Spa x16) bt Feliciano Lopez (Spa) 6-3 6-4
Hicham Arazi (Mor) bt Francisco Clavet (Spa) 6-2 7-5
Adrian Voinea (Rom) bt Ivan Ljubicic (Cro) 4-6 7-6 (10/8) 7-6 (8/6)
Gaston Gaudio (Arg) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 6-3 6-3
Nicolas Lapentti (Ecu) bt Nikolay Davidenko (Rus) 6-2 6-4 Nicolas Escude (Fra) bt Fernando Meligeni (Bra) 6-4 6-4
Guillermo Coria (Arg) bt Albert Costa (Spa) 6-2 6-3

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