Harrison advances to match with Federer MIAMI, March 22 (UPI) -- Ryan Harrison rallied for a first-round victory Thursday that created a chance to take on third-ranked Roger Federer at the Sony Ericsson Open. Harrison recorded 11 aces to defeat Potito Starace 6-7 (6-8), 6-4, 6-4 and will next play Saturday against the player who won last week's Masters event at Indian Wells, Calif. Harrison has a 10-6 record this year. "He's very talented," Federer said of Harrison, who is ranked 73rd in the world. I'm sure he's going to be making his move up the rankings very easily this year and in the coming years. He has a big game. Marcos Baghdatis, who was once ranked among the Top 10 in the world, also advanced past the first round, with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Leonardo Mayer. Baghdatis will take on world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the second round. In other first-round matches Thursday Igor Kunitsyn defeated Jesse Levine 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-3) and Bernard Tomic earned a match against fifth-seeded David Ferrer by ousting Sergiy Stakhovsky 7-6 (7-4), 6-3. Albert Ramos, Sergei Bubka, Benjamin Becker and Ivo Karlovic also posted victories Thursday.