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Federer, Roddick advance at Indian Wells

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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) Roger Federer had to work a little harder than expected Sunday night before beating Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-1 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open.

Hanescu won a set from Federer for the first time in their five meetings. But the challenge the Romanian seemed to be mounting against the world's top-ranked player by winning the final two points of the tiebreaker was dashed quickly in the final set.

Federer, a two-time champion of this event, lost five points while winning the first three games of the final set and just 13 points in all - including Hanescu's love service game for 3-1 - in the 23-minute set.

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2010 ATP Rankings
Rank Player Points
1 Roger Federer 11350
2 Novak Djokovic 8310
3 Rafael Nadal 7440
4 Andy Murray 7255
5 Juan Martin del Potro 6275
6 Nikolay Davydenko 5290
7 Robin Soderling 3905
8 Andy Roddick 3720
9 Marin Cilic 2970
10 Fernando Gonzalez 2890
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2 Dinara Safina 6480
3 Svetlana Kuznetsova 5930
4 Caroline Wozniacki 5925
5 Venus Williams 5626
6 Victoria Azarenka 5300
7 Elena Dementieva 4855
8 Agnieszka Radwanska 3880
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