Top seed Andre Agassi in a hurry in Houston

Houston, Texas (Agencies): Top seed Andre Agassi took only 47 minutes to dispose of Croatia's Zeijko Krajan 6-2, 6-0 in the first round of the US$380,000 U.S. Clay Court Championship on Tuesday.

The 32-year-old American's victory took his record this year to an ATP-best 19-1 and he was delighted with his performance.

"Great first match for me today," Agassi told reporters. "I felt relatively comfortable in all aspects of my game.

"I got the lead pretty early and stepped up on my shots and felt really good."

Agassi controlled the match from the start, breaking serve in the first game, and only lost eight points on his delivery throughout.

The Australian Open champion, who last won the U.S. Clay Court title when it was held in Charleston, South Carolina 15 years ago, had never played Krajan before.

Agassi now meets Russian Iraki Labadze in the second round on Wednesday.

Sixth seed Jan-Michael Gambill and eighth seed Lee Hyung-Taik were both knocked out on Tuesday.

American Gambill suffered a 6-2, 6-4 defeat at the hands of Peru's Luis Horna while the experienced Todd Martin of the U.S. beat South Korean Lee 6-3,6-4.

But fifth seed Vincent Spadea breezed through, putting out fellow American Jack Brasington 6-3,6-3.

Spadea was joined in the second round by compatriots Mardy Fish and Paul Gold-stein and Brazilian trio Fernando Meligeni, Flavio Saretta and Ricardo Mello.

In Barcelona, Spain, Carlos Moya donned his warm-weather sleeveless shirt Wednesday and heated up the clay with a come-back win over Adrian Voinea 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 to move into the third round of the $1 million Barcelona Open. due to slightly chilly temperatures on the French Riveria.

Moya fought through in the first set after trailing 4-1, salvaging it in a tie-breaker after 48 minutes.

The second went much quicker, with the Spaniard racing to 5-2 before Voinea could react. The Romanian saved two match points in the eighth game, but lost his head over a ball called good in the following game and went down meekly.

Moya, who lost a Monte Carlo semi-final, played a match similar in nature to that won by fellow French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten on a nearby court at the Real Club de Tenis.

Kuerten trailed Spaniard Felix Mantilla early, but was able to put his second-round defeat last week by Swede Magnus Norman even further out of his mind with a win against the Iberian veteran 7-6 (7/1)., 6-3.