Gonzales stuns Federer

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The Swiss started well before losing his way, eventually going down to a shock 3-6 7-6 (7/1) 7-5 loss.

Federer looked on course to maintain his perfect record against Gonzalez as he breezed through the first set. But the South American won the second set tie-break before breaking in the 11th game of the third to go on and secure victory.

It was the first time Federer has been defeated in round-robin play at the season-ending tournament in Shanghai.

"It's a tough loss because I thought I played pretty well," Federer said on the tournament's official website.

"To start off the round robin matches with a loss is something I haven't always had to deal with, because usually you lose and you leave. But it is okay. Maybe it's the only loss you can have during a season and come back and win a tournament. I hope I can play well in the next two matches.

"In some ways I have regrets, and in some ways I don't because I just thought it was ridiculous what kind of shots he came up with. But you've got to give him credit for that."

Andy Roddick got his campaign off to a good start with a 6-3 4-6 6-2 victory over Nikolay Davydenko.

After comfortably winning the first set, the 2003 US Open champion dropped the second when he let slip a 4-3 lead.

But Roddick, who was playing just his second match in nearly two months, broke Davydenko in the third set for 2-1 lead before closing out the match after claiming a second break.