Roger Federer returned to competitive tennis for the first time since June with a 7-6 (7), 6-3 win over Argentina's Juan Ignacio Chela in the second round of the Rogers Cup Tuesday night. The third-ranked Federer allowed Chela back into the first set, before prevailing in the tiebreaker. He was not as generous in the second, which lasted 34 minutes. Federer, seeking his third Rogers Cup title, was playing his first match since losing in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon to Tomas Berdych. He had largely withdrawn from the sport after his early exit, going on vacation, seeing his ranking slip from to No. 3 and then hiring a coach. “There's many things I'd like to do, but I'm not going to say my career is incomplete if I don't get to it,” Federer said. “I'd love to win another 10 Wimbledons, another five French Opens, an Olympic gold in London, a Davis Cup and whatever – you name it.” Federer won the Canadian tournament in 2004, and then again two years later. He improved to 23 wins from 29 matches in his career in Canada. “I thought it was a good match, overall,” he said. “It's always nice to come back after six weeks and get the win. I think that's what counts the most tonight. It's normal that you're a bit rusty after six weeks.” Top-seeded Rafael Nadal plays his first match in the singles draw Wednesday. The tournament lost one big name Tuesday when American Andy Roddick withdrew with an undisclosed illness. The eighth seed will be replaced by France's Paul-Henri Mathieu. After losing in straight sets in the third round at Washington last week, Roddick said he “didn't feel right physically.” Roddick dropped to No. 11 in this week's ATP rankings, the first time since the rankings began in 1973 that there is no American man is in the top 10. Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych ousted Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-2, 6-4 in 90 minutes earlier Tuesday. This has been Berdych's best season so far on tour, reaching the French Open semifinals and following that with a loss to Nadal in the Wimbledon final a month later. He said he would not trade either experience. Berdych, ranked No. 7 on the ATP World Tour, has won five singles titles over his career, but none this year. In the other second-round match, fifth-seeded Robin Soderling survived a scare to emerge with a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 win over Ernests Gulbis. In first-round matches, Argentina's David Nalbandian scraped to a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory over 10th-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer, No. 9 Fernando Verdasco beat Eduardo Schwank of Argentina 6-0, 5-7, 6-2 and No. 15 Gael Monfils of France beat India's Somdev Devvarman 7-6 (3), 6-3. Serbia's Viktor Troicki upset 11th-seeded Marin Cilic 6-4, 7
