Top seed Andy Roddick has reached the second round of the ATP Morgan Keegan Championships after beating James Blake for the first time in four meetings.
Roddick had a wobble in the second set but eventually prevailed, beating his fellow American 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-3) in Memphis.
However, the tournament's third and fourth seeds, Radek Stepanek and Tommy Haas, both crashed out on Wednesday.
Belgium's Xavier Malisse accounted for Haas, booking his place in round two with a 6-4 3-6 6-4 victory over the German.
Meanwhile, Latvian youngster Ernests Gulbis stunned Stepanek in their second-round match, knocking out the Czech player 7-6 (7/5) 7-5.
In other first-round action on Wednesday, Leonardo Mayer of Argentina beat American Mardy Fish 6-4 6-0 while eighth seed Sam Querrey comfortably beat another American, Rajeev Ram, 6-2 6-3.
American sixth seed John Isner also advanced to the quarter-finals with a 6-7 (3/7) 6-4 6-4 victory over Finland's Jarkko Nieminen while Germany's Philipp Petzschner beat Kazakhstan's Evgeny Korolev 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/5).
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