Federer gets better of Harisson

Roger Federer Defeated Ryan Harisson By 6-4 7-6 , although the match went into the tie break in 2nd set but federer got past through it and is through to the 3rd round of Sony Ericsson open. It looked like Federer was about to give his American opponent a clinic in high-level play when the match began, as he raced out into a 3-0 first set lead without ever really being tested. But Harrison then held his serve for the first time, a confidence-boost that saw him creep into the contest a bit more.

Nevertheless, the third seed was playing with a decent amount of freedom, and Federer soon picked up another break to claim the opening set - having dropped a sum total of three points on his own serve.

The second stanza looked like following the same blueprint after Federer - who won last week in Indian Wells - picked up another early break. But the Swiss then uncharacteristically allowed the match to be extended just as he looked to have finished things off; serving for progression at 5-3 but then making a number of uncharacteristic errors that allowed an opportunistic Harrison to pick up an unlikely break of serve.

That ultimately sent the set to a tiebreak, but a refocused Federer picked up an early mini-break and that was all the cushion he needed as he eventually rounded out the contest.

Elsewhere, there were victories for every seeded player in action - with No. 17 Richard Gasquet given the hardest time as he beat Cedrik-Marcel Stebe in three sets, 6-3 6-7(6) 6-2.

The other notable match saw David Ferrer triumph against Australian youngster Bernard Tomic, the fifth seed's high energy style yielding a 6-4 6-4 success.

Gael Monfils beat qualifier Sergei Bubka by the same scoreline, as Andy Roddick proved too strong for Gilles Muller in a 6-3 6-2 win. Fernando Verdasco defeated Bjorn Phau 6-3 6-0, while Juan Monaco profited from Lu Yen-Hsun's first set retirement.

There were also wins for Viktor Troicki, Julian Benneteau and Marin Cilic.