Sony Ericsson Open: Day 3

Nicolas Kiefer fought off the always tricky Fabrice Santoro. Kiefer eventually prevailed over the Frenchman 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2 after 152 minutes of play. He now has the monumental task of playing Roger Federer in the next round. Federer leads their head-to-head 11-3. Kiefer’s last victory over Federer was in 2002.

Singles Second Round
2 Roger Federer (SUI) def. Q Kevin Kim (USA) 6-3 6-2
3 Novak Djokovic (SRB) def. Q Frank Dancevic (CAN) 6-3 6-2
5 Andy Roddick (USA) def. Diego Junqueira (ARG) 6-1 6-1
7 Gilles Simon (FRA) def. WC Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 6-1 6-2
9 Gael Monfils (FRA) def. Q Michael Russell (USA) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-3
10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) def. Agustin Calleri (ARG) 6-1 6-1
13 James Blake (USA) def. Julien Benneteau (FRA) 6-4 6-4
15 Tommy Robredo (ESP) def. Jan Hernych (CZE) 6-4 6-4
Q Taylor Dent (USA) def. 19 Nicolas Almagro (ESP) 2-6 6-2 7-6(7)
21 Tomas Berdych (CZE) def. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 6-3 3-6 6-4
22 Marat Safin (RUS) def. Oscar Hernandez (ESP) 6-4 4-6 6-1
Q Robert Kendrick (USA) def. 23 Robin Soderling (SWE) 6-4 6-2
25 Dmitry Tursunov (RUS) def. Q Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3
28 Nicolas Kiefer (GER) def. Fabrice Santoro (FRA) 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2
29 Rainer Schuettler (GER) def. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 4-6 6-2 6-3
31 Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) def. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) 6-3 2-6 6-2

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