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Roddick moves past Mahut

TORONTO: Former champion Andy Roddick needed 18 aces to put away Nicolas Mahut of France 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3 and reach the third round of the Rogers Cup here on Tuesday.

Roddick, title winner in 2003, cruised through the first set but couldn’t achieve a break in the second, which Mahut won in a tiebreaker. The sixth-seeded Roddick took the only break chance in the final set for a 2-0 lead and finished the second round match with an ace.

“I thought I moved well and felt good physically,” Roddick said. “All in all, I think it was a good match.”

Guillermo Canas, the 2002 champion, fell for the second time this year to Robin Soderling of Sweden, who served 11 aces in winning their first round encounter 7-5, 6-1.

Tommy Haas of Germany conceded only six points on serve while beating former No. 1 Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-2

Gilles Simon of France beat American qualifier Donald Young 6-1, 6-3 to set up a second round match with the top-ranked Roger Federer.

Sania & Mattek advance

At Los Angeles, Sania Mirza and her partner Bethanie Mattek stormed into the quarterfinals of the East West Bank Classic defeating Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 6-4.

They next face the Russian pair of Elena Versina and Vera Zvonareva.

In singles, Wimbledon quarterfinalist Nadia Petrova moved into the second round with a 6-0, 6-4 win over fellow Russian Alina Jidkova.

Serena pulls out

However, the injury-plagued tournament lost another star when Wimbledon finalist and No. 2 seed Serena Williams withdrew due to an injured left knee. Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport and Svetlana Kuznetsova were the other high-profile players to pull out of the tournament.

Top-seeded Jelena Jankovic, who could claim the No. 1 ranking in the world by winning here, will play her first match against the 98th-ranked American Vania King. King beat Angela Haynes 6-3, 6-3.

The results:

At Toronto (Rogers Cup): Second round: Andy Roddick bt Nicolas Mahut 6-1, 6-7(6), 6-3; Novak Djokovic bt Frank Dancevic 6-4, 6-4; First round: Tommy Haas bt Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-2; Marin Cilic bt Lukas Dlouhy 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Tomas Berdych bt Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 6-1; Jesse Levine bt Peter Polansky 6-2, 6-4; Gilles Simon bt Donald Young 6-1, 6-3; Thomas Johansson bt Andrey Golubev 7-6(4), 6-1; Robin Soderling bt Guillermo Canas 7-5, 6-1; Jonas Bjorkman bt Arnaud Clement 6-3, 3-6, 6-0; Igor Andreev bt Gael Monfils 7-6(5), 7-6(3); Fernando Verdasco bt Thomaz Bellucci 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; Alexandre Kudryavtsev bt Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2, 7-6(7); Dmitry Tursunov bt Nicolas Lapentti 6-3, 6-4.

At Los Angeles (East West Bank Classic): First round: Nadia Petrova bt Alina Jidkova 6-0, 6-4; Peng Shuai bt Julie Ditty 6-4, 6-2; Regina Kulikova bt Elena Vesnina 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Flavia Pennetta bt Aleksandra Wozniak 6-1, 6-0; Dominika Cibulkova bt Monica Niculescu 6-4, 6-3; Akgul Amanmuradova bt Jamea Jackson 6-2, 6-2; Alla Kudryavtseva bt Anastasia Rodionova 7-5, 3-6, 6-3; Vania King bt Angela Haynes 6-3, 6-3. Doubles: Sania Mirza & Bethanie Mattek bt Vania King & Alla Kudryavtseva 6-3, 6-4.

At Portoroz (Slovenia Open): First round: Karolina Sprem bt Evgeniya Rodina 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Sara Errani bt Maria Elena Camerin 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-1; Camille Pin bt Marina Erakovic 7-5, 5-7, 6-3; Maria Kirilenko bt Nika Ozegovic 6-1, 6-1; Katarina Srebotnik bt Sanda Mamic 6-2, 6-2; Mara Santangelo bt Yanina Wickmayer 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4; Elena Bovina bt Tatiana Perebiynis 6-3, 6-4 . — Agencies

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