<p>In his first match since lifting a record 15th Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, much has changed in a few weeks for Federer, who arrived in Montreal with his wife Mirka, new born twin daughters Charlene Riva and Myla Rose and a nanny in tow. <br /><br />Third seed Andy Murray and number four Serb Novak Djokovic, also back in action for the first time since Wimbledon, advanced smoothly. <br /><br />Briton Murray, who can snatch the number two world ranking from Nadal with a decent run in Montreal, beat Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-2. <br /><br />Serbia's Djokovic battled past Canadian wildcard Peter Polansky 6-4, 7-6. <br /><br />Eighth-seeded Russian Nikolai Davydenko also advanced with 7-6 7-6 win over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu. <br /><br />World number 10 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile survived a scare, battling back to beat 679th-ranked Canadian Milos Raonic teenager 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in a first-round meeting.<br /> <br />Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles advanced to the pre-quarterfinals event after getting a bye in the first round.<br /><br />The Indo-Bahamian pair, seeded third, will now take on Jeff Coetzee of South Africa and Jurgen Melzer of Austria for a place in last-eight.<br /><br />Safina survives<br />World number one Dinara Safina scrambled past Italian Roberta Vinci 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Cincinnati Open on Tuesday. <br /><br />French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova also survived a scare and two rain breaks to beat Czech Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-7, 7-6.<br /><br />Third seed Venus Williams drillec eight aces as she crushed Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-2, 6-2. Italian 14th seed Flavia Pennetta scored a crushing 6-2, 6-3 first-round victory over Japan's Ayumi Morita. In other first-round action, Daniela Hantuchova recovered from a slow start to beat Italy's Sara Errani 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in a match lasting more than two and a half hours. <br /></p>
<p>In his first match since lifting a record 15th Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, much has changed in a few weeks for Federer, who arrived in Montreal with his wife Mirka, new born twin daughters Charlene Riva and Myla Rose and a nanny in tow. <br /><br />Third seed Andy Murray and number four Serb Novak Djokovic, also back in action for the first time since Wimbledon, advanced smoothly. <br /><br />Briton Murray, who can snatch the number two world ranking from Nadal with a decent run in Montreal, beat Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 6-2. <br /><br />Serbia's Djokovic battled past Canadian wildcard Peter Polansky 6-4, 7-6. <br /><br />Eighth-seeded Russian Nikolai Davydenko also advanced with 7-6 7-6 win over Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu. <br /><br />World number 10 Fernando Gonzalez of Chile survived a scare, battling back to beat 679th-ranked Canadian Milos Raonic teenager 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in a first-round meeting.<br /> <br />Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles advanced to the pre-quarterfinals event after getting a bye in the first round.<br /><br />The Indo-Bahamian pair, seeded third, will now take on Jeff Coetzee of South Africa and Jurgen Melzer of Austria for a place in last-eight.<br /><br />Safina survives<br />World number one Dinara Safina scrambled past Italian Roberta Vinci 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Cincinnati Open on Tuesday. <br /><br />French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova also survived a scare and two rain breaks to beat Czech Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-7, 7-6.<br /><br />Third seed Venus Williams drillec eight aces as she crushed Olga Govortsova of Belarus 6-2, 6-2. Italian 14th seed Flavia Pennetta scored a crushing 6-2, 6-3 first-round victory over Japan's Ayumi Morita. In other first-round action, Daniela Hantuchova recovered from a slow start to beat Italy's Sara Errani 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 in a match lasting more than two and a half hours. <br /></p>
