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Roddick begins in style

BRISBANE: Andy Roddick opened the defence of his Brisbane International title in style when he thrashed Australian wildcard Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-2 here on Monday.

The second-seeded American overcame some early resistance from Matosevic to cruise away with the match to set up a second round clash with Ukraine's Alexandr Dolgopolov, who earlier accounted for Russia's Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-2.

“It was alright, I thought the second set was probably better than the first,” Roddick said later. “The first match is always a little anxious, but I was able to work my way into the match, and it wasn't a bad start.

“I was able to put him into some long points and make him produce something,” he added.

“He was able to do it early but it wore on him as the match went on and I think he got a little bit more impatient and that was to my benefit.”

The results (first round): Men: Andy Roddick bt Marinko Matosevic 6-3, 6-2; Alexandr Dolgopolov bt Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-2; Santiago Giraldo bt Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-3; Florian Mayer bt Bernard Tomic 6-2, 6-2; Michael Berrer bt Dudi Sela 1-6, 7-6(3), 6-2; Lukasz Kubot bt Daniel Brands 6-2, 6-2.

Women: Barbora Zahlavova Strycova bt Anna Tatishvili 7-5, 6-2; Iveta Benesova bt Polona Hercog 6-2, 7-5; Andrea Petkovic bt Alexandra Dulgheru 6-3, 6-0; Ksenia Pervak bt Anna Chakvetadze 6-2, 6-2; Dominika Cibulkova bt Sara Errani 6-3, 6-0; Marion Bartoli bt Vania King 6-1, 6-2; Petra Kvitova bt Nadia Petrova 7-6(3), 6-3; Samantha Stosur bt Lucie Hradecka 7-6(1), 6-1; Shahar Peer bt Sophie Ferguson 6-4, 6-2 . — AFP

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