Top seed Lleyton Hewitt was one of several high profile players to survive first-round flutters as the ATP Tour's first Tennis Masters Series event of 2002 got underway at California's Indian Wells on Monday. The Australian recovered from an early break in each set to defeat former world number one Carlos Moya of Spain 6-4, 6-4. Second seed Yevgeny Kafelnikov of Russia was down an early break against Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman before finding his range and posting a 7-5, 6-3 victory.
Tim Henman, seeded ninth, scratched out a 6-2, 6-7 (7/9), 6-4 victory over Spain's Tommy Robredo, while Pete Sampras, seeded tenth and seeking his first title since Wimbledon 2000, trailed qualifier Mardy Fish 4-2 in the first-set tiebreaker before coming back for a 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 victory.
Filed by Shane Murray
