His victory enabled Argentina level the Davis Cup semi-final against Slovakia.
David Nalbandian and Gaston Gaudio must oust Russians Marat Safin and Igor Andreev in the fourth round for Argentina to have four men in the quarter-finals.
Crowd favourites Goran Ivanisevic and Gustavo Kuerten also lost in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
The world number one repeated his Australian Open final victory over Marat Safin with a 7-6, 7-6 win to reach the second round of the Dubai Open.
While Spanish sensation Rafael Nadal silenced a partisan crowd with a win over French number one Sebastien Grosjean
Tommy Haas and Alexander Waske rallied the Germans to a 2-1 win over favourites Argentina.
Tim Henman and Juan Carlos Ferrero slumped to demoralising defeats in the second round.
But fellow Argentines Gaston Gaudio and the indefatigable Guillermo Coria won in straight sets as did Russian Marat Safin
The Spanish teenager edged out Argentine ninth seed Guillermo Coria in five sets to win the Rome Masters.
Coria will play Rafael Nadal in the final of the Rome Masters.
The Spanish teenager swept aside defending champion Guillermo Coria 6-3, 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 to win the Monte Carlo Masters.
Andy Roddick and Guillermo Coria raced into the fourth round with crushing victories.
Andy Roddick completed round-robin play at the Masters Cup an unbeaten 3-0 blasting his way past Guillermo Coria 7-6, 6-3.
The Dutchman Martin soared up the ATP Tour rankings to 15th from 46th place after reaching the French Open final. \n\n
The Argentine reached the second round at Wimbledon, overcoming Wesley Moodie in a match that spanned four days due to bad weather.
Unseeded Gaston Gaudio fought back from two sets down and saved two match points to win the French Open.
The French Open men's singles finalist says it is his dream to give Argentina its first Olympic tennis gold medal.
The former overpowered Alberto Martin while Coria beat David Nalbandian at the Monte Carlo Masters.
Andy Roddick beat Vince Spadea 6-1, 6-3, while Guillermo Coria beat Fernando Gonzalez 4-6, 7-6, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the Nasdaq-100 Open.
The Argentine joined third seed Rainer Schuettler, fifth seed Mark Philippoussis and sixth seed Tim Henman as a first round loser.
The world number five went down 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Cyril Saulnier in the first round.
Andy Roddick battled past feisty Argentine Guillermo Coria to book the last semi-final berth at the ATP Masters Cup.
Defending champion David Nalbandian beat top seed Andy Roddick 7-5 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors semi-finals.
The British ace was beaten by defending champion David Nalbandian in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors.
Coria overcame compatriot Mariano Zabaleta in five sets to set up a French Open quarter-final with the US ace.\n\n
They beat Joshua Eagle and Jared Palmer in the quarter-final of the Italia Masters. \n\n
Spanish top seed Juan-Carlos Ferrero retained his crown at the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Argentina's Guillermo Coria.
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