World number one Rafael Nadal will face Florent Serra in the second round after the Frenchman beat Guillermo Canas, and there were first-round wins for Radek Stepanek, Ivan Ljubicic, Philipp Kohlschreiber, Robin Soderling and Andy Roddick.

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Federer and Nalbandian have been drawn in the Red Group of round-robin matches along with Ivan Ljubicic and Andy Roddick, who play later on Sunday.

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Also with Derek Jacobi, Andy Garcia, Hanna Schygulla, and (in a hilarious cameo) Robin Williams.

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