Former finalist Mardy Fish beat Michael Berrer of Germany 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 at the BNP Paribas Open Thursday to set up a second-round match against second-seeded Novak Djokovic. The 28-year-old American, sidelined most of the second half of last season due to a fractured rib and left knee surgery, has lost all three previous matches - including the 2008 final at Indian Wells - to Djokovic. Former No. 1-ranked Carlos Moya led the men's advance to the second round, but made more than 50 unforced errors before overcoming American qualifier Tim Smyczek 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5). The 33-year-old Spaniard had to save two set points in the opening tiebreaker and then saved two set points while trailing 5-3 in the second, before finally winning in 2 hours, 20 minutes. Smyczek, ranked No. 295, hadn't won a set in his two previous ATP Tour level matches but pushed Moya all the way. Moya, who reached the No. 1 ranking by reaching the Indian Wells title here in 1999, missed all but four tournaments last season due to hamstring and toe injuries and had only one match win this year coming into the BNP Paribas Open. Croatia's Mario Ancic rallied for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over American Bobby Reynolds, joining Frenchmen Jeremy Chardy and Florent Serra, Fabio Fognini of Italy, Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay, Ramon Delgado of Paraguay, Philipp Petzschner of Germany, Kevin Anderson of South Africa, Rainer Schuettler of Germany and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain in the second round. On the women's side, 16-year-old Sloane Stephens beat Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) to register her first in the first WTA Tour level win. Stephens, who at No. 747 is the lowest-ranked player to win a main draw match at this event, led, 5-2, in the second set and had match point on serve in the ninth game, then had to rally from 3-6 down in the second-set tiebreaker. Her fellow Americans Shenay Perry and Melanie Oudin went out. Perry lost to Karolina Sprem, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 and Oudin lost 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 to Roberta Vinci of Italy. The 18-year-old Oudin, a quarterfinalist at last year's US Open, had reached at least the quarterfinals in her two most recent events. Among those moving into the second round were Julia Goerges of Germany, Julie Coin of France, Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic. Seeded players in the women's draw begin play in the second round Friday, with No. 2 Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark facing American Vania King in the opening match. Friday night will be highlighted by the Hit for Haiti charity fund raiser. In that, Roger Federer and Pete Sampras will play Rafael Nadal and Andre Agassi in one doubles match, then Steffi Graf and Lindsay Davenport will play Justine Henin and Martina Navratilova.
