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Federer, Roddick advance

MASON (U.S.): Roger Federer and Andy Roddick overcame minor worries and moved on at the Cincinnati Masters tennis tournament. Andre Agassi dropped out and headed home with a lot on his mind. The results: At Cincinnati: Masters Series (first round): Tim Henman bt Nicolas Massu 6-2, 6-1; Andy Roddick bt Jurgen Melzer 6-3, 6-4; Olivier Rochus bt Filippo Volandri 4-6, 6-3, 6-1; Fabrice Santoro bt Ivan Ljubicic 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 (9-7), 7-5; Juan Ignacio Chela bt Alberto Martin 6-6 (retd.); Luis Horna bt Christophe Rochus 6-3, 6-0; Gael Monfils bt Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-2; Mikhail Youzhny bt Cyril Saulnier 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-4); Guillermo Coria bt Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4, 6-2; Juan Carlos Ferrero bt Stefan Koubek 0-6, 6-3, 6-2; Roger Federer bt James Blake 7-6 (7-3), 7-5.

At Toronto: WTA Rogers Cup (first round): Laura Granville bt Roberta Vinci 6-2, 6-1; Gisela Dulko bt Marta Domachowska 6-4, 6-1; Stephanie Cohen-Aloro bt Selima Sfar 6-2, 7-5; Dally Randriantefy bt Shikha Uberoi 6-3, 6-2; Ai Sugiyama bt Jelena Kostanic 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Lucie Safarova 4-6, 7-5, 6-1; Shinobu Asagoe bt Aleksandra Wozniak 6-2, 6-2; Marion Bartoli bt Maria Kirilenko 6-4, 3-0 (retd.); Tatiana Golovin bt Karolina Sprem 6-4, 6-4; Maria Vento-Kabchi bt Marie-Eve Pelletier 6-0, 6-1. — Agencies

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