UPDATE 2-Tennis-Fish joins Safin as first round loser in Miami

(adds Federer opponent)

By Sandra Harwitt

MIAMI, March 27 (Reuters) - American qualifier Bobby Reynolds became the latest player to frustrate former world number one Marat Safin with a 7-6 4-6 7-6 first-round win at the Sony Ericsson Open on Thursday.

The 90th-ranked Safin, who saved two match points in the third set, is in a deep slide having won only one of six matches played this year.

"I'm trying, and it doesn't come out my way. But (that) doesn't mean that I have to stop because I'm not winning matches. I enjoy what I'm doing," twice grand slam champion Safin told reporters.

"I have plenty of cash to do what I want to do, so what I want to do is play tennis."

American Mardy Fish, who stunned top-ranked Roger Federer in a straight-set victory in the Pacific Life Open last week, went down 6-3 6-3 to Frenchman Arnaud Clement.

Fish, who lost his serve in the eighth game of the first set and first and ninth games of the second set, was unable to take advantage of any of the four break point opportunities he had against the Frenchman.

"Arnaud is obviously a tough player," said Fish, a silver medallist at the 2004 Athens Games.