KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP)—Fernando Gonzalez and Andy Roddick have arranged a charity doubles match on the eve of the men’s final at the Sony Ericsson Open to benefit earthquake-stricken Chile.

Grand Slam champions Jim Courier and Gustavo Kuerten will also take part in the match next Saturday, which will follow the women’s final.

Gonzalez, a native of Santiago, Chile, recently visited 12 cities in his native country and said he saw the need for help. All proceeds from the event will benefit Hogar de Christo’s Chilean earthquake relief.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP)—Novak Djokovic’s mistakes mounted, and so did the fans’ frustration. Midway through the final set, when the Serb sent yet another unsightly shot wide, there was a collective groan and a smattering of boos.

A short time later, when Djokovic walked off the court defeated, the jeers were louder. He made a thumbs-up gesture in response.

With a listless, sloppy performance, the No. 2-ranked Djokovic lost his opening match Friday at the Sony Ericsson Open to Olivier Rochus 6-2, 6-7 (7), 6-4.
 
“I don’t feel great on the court, and everybody could see that,” Djokovic said. “Life goes on, you know.”

No. 4-seeded Rafael Nadal followed Djokovic into the stadium but not to the sideline, beating American Taylor Dent 6-4, 6-3.

On another dismal day for U.S. men, James Blake and Sam Querrey squandered one-set leads and were eliminated. In women’s play, former No. 1 Justine Henin, No. 2-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, No. 14-seeded Kim Clijsters and defending champion Victoria Azarenka advanced to the third round.

Henin beat No. 5 Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2.

Djokovic won the tournament in 2007 and arrived at Key Biscayne 15-3 this year and ranked No. 2. But he rarely hit aggressively against the 5-foot-6 Rochus, who lured Djokovic into a succession of long, grinding rallies.

“I wasn’t attacking,” Djokovic said. “I was just kind of waiting for him to make the shots, and it wasn’t the right approach. He was making me run a lot, so points were really long. That was exhausting.”

On a humid afternoon, Djokovic looked weary after only a few games. He double-faulted 10 times and lost 30 of 44 second-serve points, including 13 of 17 in the final set. He committed 62 unforced errors and converted only three of 13 break-point chances.

Rarely reaching 120 mph with his serve, Djokovic was broken three times in the final set, including in the last game.

“I was trying,” Djokovic said. “He was the better player.”

Rochus, ranked 59th, improved to 5-8 this year. It was the first time since 2002 he has beaten a player ranked so high, and the 29-year-old Belgian said his experience helped in the final set.

“In a match like this before, when I was younger, I would have never won,” he said. “I would have been mentally more negative.”

Blake watched much of the match and raved afterward about the 143-pound Rochus.

“The guy has so much talent,” Blake said. “I was saying to some of the people in the locker room, pound for pound, he’s got to be one of the best athletes in the world. Every ball it seems is over his head, and he’s getting up there and hitting it with such great strength and so cleanly.”

Wozniacki rallied past qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, and Clijsters beat Petra Kvitova 6-1, 6-1. Azarenka beat Alexandra Dulgheru 6-3, 6-2, finishing shortly before rain began to fall, causing a 2 1/2 -hour delay.

There was another delay of 50 minutes later in the afternoon.

In other men’s play, No. 11-seeded Ivan Ljubicic retired with a back injury leading Benjamin Becker 6-4, 1-0. Ljubicic earned his first ATP Masters 1000 title Sunday at Indian Wells.

No. 24 Ivo Karlovic hit 28 aces, held every service game and beat Daniel Gimeno-Traver 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3. Karlovic had been 0-6 previously at Key Biscayne.

No. 12 Juan Carlos Ferrero and No. 15 David Ferrer also won.

Querrey, seeded 21st, was beaten by Jeremy Chardy 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Blake lost to No. 27 Thomaz Bellucci 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.

Novak Djokovic was jeered by the crowd during a 6-2, 6-7(7), 6-4 loss to Olivier Rochus in his opening match at Miami, producing a sub-par performance that included 62 unforced errors.

“I was just kind of waiting for him to make the shots, and it wasn’t the right approach,” said Djokovic, who reached the final last year. “He was making me run a lot, so points were really long.

“I don’t feel great on the court, and everybody could see that.”

Justine Henin has defeated Elena Dementieva 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of Miami, repeating the result of their second-round meeting of the Australian Open earlier this season.

Andy Roddick, whose sole major came at the 2003 US Open, grew irritated in his pre-tournament press conference in Miami when asked about his failure to win a second Grand Slam.

“That story is tired,” Roddick said. “I’m pretty proud of my career. I get this all the time — ‘Would you like to win more than one Slam?’ That’s just the dumbest question in my life. I think a ‘[one-Slam] wonder’ title is more along the lines of someone who won one and went away. 

“You’re never gonna hear me be ungrateful for the US Open that I won. I don’t regret anything about it. Would you like the über promotion of your dreams?  Yes. [But] it’s a process to get there, and it’s something that I’m constantly striving towards.”

Roddick also commented on his classic five-set loss to Roger Federer in the 2009 Wimbledon final, where he was just two points away from victory.”It’s a matter of perspective,” said Roddick. “My worst day, my most heartbreaking loss, is a lot of people’s best day.”

Roddick also reiterated that he’s not planning on Davis Cup this year, but might reconsider if someone gets hurt. “I think if you commit to Davis Cup you commit to a year. I wouldn’t have come in had they been in the semis and demanded to play, and I think it’s a year long decision… We’re not gonna talk about injuries. That would be a ‘We’ll see.’. I’m certainly not gonna step in for those guys.”—M.C.

Former top 10 player Guillermo Canas announced his retirement on Saturday, saying his chronically-injured wrist will no longer allow him to compete.

The 32-year-old Argentine was a three-time Roland Garros quarterfinalist and also knocked off No. 1 Roger Federer back-to-back at Indian Wells and Miami in 2007.

Canas is now living in Miami and running an academy in Key Biscayne, where he is working with ATP pros Wayne Odesnik and Paul Capdeville. Ironically, his retirement announcement came less than a day after it was revealed that Odesnik is facing a possible two-year ban after being found in possession of HGH in Australia in January.

Canas was once suspended for taking a banned diuretic, but later exonerated of trying to illegally enhance his performance. “Yes [I was wronged], but it’s good to put in the past and enjoy what happens after,” Canas told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel earlier this week. ”My life is different, but I’m happy in the role I’m doing right now.”–M.C.

After scoring her first win since January with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Pauline Parmentier in Miami, the now 58th-ranked Ana Ivanovic said she still has big dreams.

“My goals are actually to win a Slam,” said Ivanovic. “I was very fortunate I won a Grand Slam and became No. 1. It’s great to be No. 1 because that’s been my dream since I was a kid. But winning a Grand Slam is something special and something people remember even more than just the position you have.”—M.C.

BRISBANE, Australia (AP)—Wayne Odesnik, an American tennis player ranked No. 98, pleaded guilty Friday to importing human growth hormone into Australia before a tournament leading to the Australian Open. He was fined more than $7,000 and could be banned from tennis for two years.

The 24-year-old player was stopped by customs officers on Jan. 2 when he arrived in Australia ahead of the Brisbane International, a warmup for the year’s first Grand Slam event. Eight vials, each containing 6 milligrams of the performance-enhancing substance, were found in his baggage.

Odesnik pleaded guilty in the Brisbane Magistrates Court, the Australian Customs Service said in a statement late Friday. He was fined $7,280 plus $1,040 in court costs.

“We are extremely disappointed in the behavior of this individual, which is in no way representative of the sport of tennis,” the ATP said in a statement e-mailed to the AP.

ATP spokeswoman Kate Gordon wrote that she couldn’t comment on any details of the case because it’s considered a “current investigation.”

Odesnik was born in South Africa and moved to the United States as a toddler. He turned pro in 2004 and is something of a journeyman, with a 32-42 career record in tour-level matches, zero ATP titles and a best ranking of 77th.

He has reached one ATP final, on clay at Houston last year, and the highlight of his Grand Slam career was reaching the third round at the French Open in 2008.

Odesnik spends part of the year training in Miami. He’s coached there by former top-10 player Guillermo Canas of Argentina, who served a 15-month ban in 2005-06 after failing a doping test.

Canas, who coincidentally announced his retirement as a player Friday, said he doesn’t travel with Odesnik and was surprised to hear about the HGH case.

U.S. Tennis Association spokesman Tim Curry said the USTA wouldn’t comment. Tennis Australia also declined comment Friday, referring questions to the International Tennis Federation. The ITF said it was notified that Odesnik pleaded guilty.

“The case has been referred to the tennis anti-doping program, and we don’t have any further comment,” the ITF said in a statement to the AP.

Under the World Anti-Doping Authority code – to which the ITF abides – Odesnik faces a possible two-year suspension for possession of a prohibited substance.

Odesnik reached the quarterfinals at the Brisbane International and the second round of the Australian Open at Melbourne. He has since played in four tournaments in the U.S., advancing beyond the first round just once.

The Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority was aware of the charges against Odesnik. It said in a statement it has “power to receive information from Customs and to carry out investigations into possible violations of anti-doping rules.”

Marion Grant, a spokeswoman for the Customs Service’s Border Protection Enforcement, said: “This prosecution … should act as an important deterrent for other elite athletes who are considering similar activities.”

Australia’s Customs Act has an extensive list of performance-enhancing substances subject to import control.