Associated Press

Indian Wells, March 17:

Nearing 35, Andre Agassi still has plenty of bounce in his step — and his game. Agassi rolled to a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Guillermo Coria in the Pacific Life Open, both frustrating and amusing his Argentine opponent with some circus-like shots. Andy Roddick, knocked out of the Olympics by Fernando Gonzalez, returned the favour this time with a 6-4, 6-3 win to move into the quarter-finals. No 2 Lleyton Hewitt, the tournament champion in 2001 and 2002, cruised through his match, beating Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-1, 6-0. Hewitt took just an hour to finish off Mathieu, a Frenchman ranked 96th. On the women’s side, Elena Dementieva beat Sveltana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-3 7-5. In other men’s matches, two-time Indian Wells finalist Tim Henman defeated Tommy Robredo 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; Carlos Moya beat Fabrice Santoro 7-5, 6-2; Nicolas Kiefer ousted David Nalbandian 6-1, 6-3.