( CNN ) -- It was a match of two halves for world No . 3 Roger Federer as he moved into the second round of Dubai Championships with victory over Michael Llodra . The 16-time grand slam winner took just 18 minutes to wrap up the first set 6-0 against his French opponent but struggled in the second before eventually taking it on a tie-break . The Swiss , who recently won the World Tennis Tournament in the Dutch city of Rotterdam to take his career titles count to 71 , is gunning for a fifth crown in Dubai . `` It 's always great to start off a tournament winning the first set 6-0 , '' second seed Federer told the ATP Tour 's official website . A family affair in Dubai but mixed results for the Djokovic brothers . `` After that , I really had to sort of make sure I controlled Michael as much as I could because I know he 's a dangerous player . `` I think I was solid . I could have served maybe a touch better . But still , I was never really in a whole lot of problems . `` Tie-breakers , as we saw , can go quickly either way , especially on a quick court like tonight . I hope I back it up day for day now . '' Federer will face unseeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in round two , after he beat Nicolas Mahut , of France , 6-4 6-4 . Britain 's Andy Murray was far from his best as he labored to a 6-3 4-6 6-4 victory over German qualifier Michael Berrer in his first match since his Australian Open semifinal defeat to world No . 1 Novak Djokovic . `` It was a frustrating match because I was up a break in the second set , and I gave it back , '' Murray told reporters . `` In the third set , again I went up a break and gave the break straight back . So I could have made it a little bit easier for myself if I played a bit better . '' Murray 's next opponent will be Switzerland 's Marco Chiudinelli after he beat Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 5-7 6-4 . Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , from France , recorded a 7-6 6-4 win over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis to set up a match with Lukas Rosol from the Czech Republic . Rosol 's compatriot Tomas Berdych , seeded fifth , enjoyed a comfortable 6-2 6-2 win over Germany 's Benjamin Becker and will face Slovakian qualifier Lukas Lacko in round two . No . 8 seed Juan Martin Del Potro , from Argentina , beat Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3 7-6 to set up a clash with qualifier Andrey Golubev .
World No . 1 Roger Federer moves into the second round of the Dubai Championships . 16-time grand slam champion Federer beats France 's Ricardo Llodra 6 - 0 7 - 6 . No . 3 seed Andy Murray labors to 6 - 3 4 - 6 6 - 4 victory over qualifier Michael Berrer . No . 5 seed Tomas Berdych and Spain 's Juan Martin Del Potro also win .