Fernando Gonzalez lined up a meeting with Carlos Moya by beating Brazilian qualifier Andre Sa 6-3 6-2 in the first round of the Madrid Masters.

The exciting young Chilean took just 66 minutes to overcome Sa and set up a second round match with the eighth-seeded Spaniard.

Gonzalez maintained the good form that saw him win his second title of the year in Palermo last month.

"I felt great during that match," the 22-year-old Gonzalez said.

"My serve was very good and I was returning better than I had been.

"The game against Moya is going to be tough. He's one of the best players in the world now."

Meanwhile, fellow Chilean Marcelo Rios will face Roger Federer of Switzerland after beating Gaston Gaudio of Argentina 6-2 6-2.

Russia's Mikhail Youzhny defeated Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina by the same scoreline to line up a meeting with Andy Roddick.

Finland's Jarkko Nieminen also battled through to the second round after recovering from a terrible start to beat Rainer Schuettler of Germany 1-6 6-4 7-6.

He will now face fifth-seeded Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero.

The 16 seeds, led by defending champion Tommy Haas of Germany and Andre Agassi, have all been given byes to the second round.

It is the first time the tournament has been held in Madrid after the Spanish capital acquired the rights from Stuttgart.

First round results

Jarkko Nieminen (Fin) bt Rainer Schuettler (Ger) 1-6 6-4 7-6 (5)
Fernando Gonzalez (Chi) bt Andre Sa (Bra) 6-3 6-2
Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) bt Juan Ignacio Chela (Arg) 6-2 6-2
Tommy Robredo (Spa) bt Max Mirnyi (Blr) 6-4 6-4
Magnus Norman (Swe) bt Mariano Zabaleta (Arg) 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-4) 6-2
Marcelo Rios (Chi) bt Gaston Gaudio (Arg) 6-2 6-2
Fabrice Santoro (Fra) bt Julien Boutter (Fra) 6-3 7-6
Alex Corretja (Spa) bt Fernando Vicente (Spa) 6-4 7-5
Agustin Calleri (Arg) bt James Blake (USA) 6-4 6-2
Xavier Malisse (Bel) bt Stefan Koubek (Aut) 6-2 6-4
David Nalbandian (Arg) bt Francisco Clavet (Spa) 6-1 6-1