Roger left Fed up as rain delays title defence
WThe match was suspended due to rain at 2230 local time poised with the second set tied at 2-2, and no further play was possible. Grigor Dimitrov will not be in round three after the third seed fell to Spanish veteran Fernando Verdasco 7-6 (7/4) 4-6 6-3.
Dimitrov, winner of the ATP World Tour Finals in 2017, lost the first set on a tiebreak 7/4 but took the second 6-4 after breaking the 34-year- old on both of his first two service games.
But Verdasco struck when it mattered, taking a 5-3 lead in the deciding set after breaking the Bulgarian and securing the match on the second match-point.
There were no such problems for Kevin Anderson or Tomas Berdych, who were straight-sets winners over Evgeny Donskoy and Max Marterer respectively, while Dominic Thiem saw off Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2 3-6 6-3.
South Korea’s Hyeon Chung, who surpassed all expectations to reach the Australian Open semi-finals earlier this year, also advanced, taking nearly three hours to overcome Dusan Lajovic 6-7 (11/9) 6-3 6-3.
Meanwhile, The Williams sisters will face off for the first time since the 2017 Australian Open final after Serena saw off Kiki Bertens 7-6 (7/5) 7-5 in the second round of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.
It will be the 29th time the Americans have met each other on the WTA Tour, as the younger of the sisters plays in her first competitive tournament since the birth of her daughter last September.
Serena Williams found herself down 5-3 in the first set, but broke back as the set went into a tie-break which she took on the last of four set-points.