TENNIS in DEPTH.

German Benjamin Becker prevented former World No. 1 Carlos Moya from setting up a second-round confrontation with top seed Roger Federer, as he dismissed the Spaniard in a lopsided 6-0, 6-2 decision on Monday at the Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open.

“This is one of the worst beatings I’ve had in my career,” said the 1998 Roland Garros champion. “Perhaps I wasn’t at 100 percent as regards my foot and I may have forced it a bit to play here, but I assure you I have been training much better than I played today. I was confident and was really excited about winning today and having the chance to face Federer. But it couldn’t be, so I’ll have to try to find something positive to take away from today’s match.”

Becker made his main draw debut at Madrid’s ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament in impressive style, winning the first 10 games before Moya finally managed to hold serve. After fighting off five break points in his opening service game, the German went largely unchallenged the remainder of the 63-minute match.

Moya, the oldest player in the draw at 33 years of age, was making his first appearance in two months after being sidelined with a foot injury. He was limited to just four tournaments last season due to a number of injuries, and had entered Madrid at No. 514 in the South African Airways 2010 ATP Rankings.

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