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Henman got a feel for the court

Tim Henman benefited from an injury to Fernando Gonzalez to progress to the second round in Montreal.

In a match-up between last week's finalists at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Henman showed glimpses of the form that won him that title.

But he was helped on Tuesday when Gonzalez suffered a leg injury while serving at 2-3.

The Chilean pulled up halfway through his service motion and then winced in pain before calling a trainer.

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And, although he played on with limited mobility until Henman clinched the set, he then forfeited the match.

Henman's serve looked powerful and varied in the few games he played.

"I didn't know he was struggling, but injuries can always be unpredictable," Henman said.

"He's had some problems with his knee in the past.

"I tried to focus on the ball when it was on my side of the court. I didn't pay much attention to what he was up to."

And he will next play former Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian, who struggled past Jarkko Nieminen 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/5).

Earlier Swiss third seed Roger Federer had to work hard to beat Argentine Gaston Gaudio 6-4 3-6 7-5.

Federer looked on course for a routine win when he snapped up the first set.

But his battling opponent hit back in the second and had led 4-2 in the decider before losing his nerve.

"I had a lot of unforced errors and gave some points away, but it doesn't matter now, I've won," said Federer.

The Swiss, who won at Wimbledon in July, will next play British number two Greg Rusedski.

Guillermo Coria's run of three straight titles - all on clay in Europe - was interrupted on the cement when the Argentine quit against Spaniard Feliciano Lopez after losing the first set 6-3.

Spanish second seed Juan Carlos Ferrero disposed of Frenchman Cyril Saulnier 6-4 6-4.

"This was pretty good for a first match," said Ferrero.

"I was playing well. It's not easy for me to play on these kind of courts. But I served well and that gave me confidence."

Fifth-seeded Lleyton Hewitt took just 51 minutes to beat American qualifier Bob Bryan, but 12th seed Sjeng Schalken was thrashed by Argentina's Mariano Zabaleta 6-1 6-1.

Later on Tuesday, Sebastien Grosjean cruised past Fernando Vicente 6-3 6-3, and Russia's Yevgeny Kafelnikov came from behind to beat Gregory Carraz 1-6 6-2 6-4.

Zimbabwe's Wayne Black was another to benefit from another's injury when South African Wayne Ferreira retired after dropping the first set 6-4 and trailing 2-1 in the second.

In Tuesday's final matches, sixth-seeded Andy Roddick rallied to beat Belgium's Xavier Malisse 3-6 6-0 6-2 for a seventh straight time.

And Max Mirnyi of Belarus beat Chile's Nicolas Massu 6-4 7-6 to set up a meeting with Hewitt.

Massu came in to replace Mark Philippoussis, who had to withdraw with a virus.