Veteran Tommy Haas , the No. 12 seed from Germany, beat unseeded Frenchmen Guillaume Rufin 7-6 6-1 6-3.

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Fifth seed Tomas Berdych continued his strong start to the tournament with a comprehensive 6-2 6-2 6-4 defeat of Frenchman Guillaume Rufin .

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The defending champion and second seed was shocked 7-6 6-4 by the 93rd ranked Guillaume Rufin of France, who recorded just his second career win over a top 20 player.

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Fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych beat Guillaume Rufin of France 6-2, 6-2, 6-4 and eighth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic beat Lukas Lacko 6-3, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6, 7-5 in a match that lasted nearly four hours.

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But despite conceding three successive games, Federer rallied to take the first set and after just one hour and 41 minutes he had booked a third-round spot against Paul-Henri Mathieu , who overcame French compatriot Guillaume Rufin 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 6-3.

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