Djokovic makes Rochus exit

SECOND seed Novak Djokovic suffered a surprise second-round exit at the hands of Belgium's Olivier Rochus at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami yesterday.

Serbian star Djokovic came unstuck against world No.59 Rochus, who took his career head-to-head record against Djokovic to 3-1 with a 6-2, 6-7 (7/9), 6-4 success.

There were no such problems for Rafa Nadal, who eased past Taylor Dent 6-4, 6-3.

Sixth seed Andy Roddick was also a comfortable winner, seeing off Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-4, as was Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who claimed a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.

Ivan Ljubicic was the highest profile casualty. He was forced to retire against Benjamin Becker when 6-4, 1-0 up.