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Roddick rolls on, Murray out

Mario Ancic upsets Tommy Haas; Baghdatis advances

CINCINNATI: Defending champion Andy Roddick advanced without difficulty on Tuesday while Britain’s Andy Murray was drummed out with ease at the Cincinnati Masters.

Third seed Roddick, given a bye into the second round, booked the first spot in the third round as he unleashed 13 aces to swamp Spain’s Fernando Verdasco 7-6(3), 6-2.

Murray continued to struggle as he recovers from a wrist injury, losing 6-1, 6-2 to unseeded Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis, who needed a mere 48 minutes to send the Scotsman to a lopsided loss for a second straight week.

Roddick improved to 8-2 over Verdasco and left the American at 25-5 at this U.S. Midwest tournament, which he won in 2003 and 2006.

“It feels like home here,” said Roddick. “That counts for a lot. I got better as the match went on, that’s better than the alternative.”

After a combatative opening set, Roddick began the second set with a break and added another for insurance to advance in 76 minutes.

“I think my serve also improved,” Roddick said. “That’s been something that has not worked so well for the last few weeks.”

Murray said he will train before going to next week’s event in New Haven, his last chance to prepare before the U.S. Open starts on August 27.

Hewitt struggles

Lleyton Hewitt struggled for a shade under three hours to subdue Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(5).

The former World No. 1, a two-time finalist at the event, overcame a patchy day on serve with eight double-faults and just four aces.

Mario Ancic, back after six months away with glandular fever, upset Germany’s Tommy Haas 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 and Argentine Juan del Potro put out Guillermo Canas 6-2, 6-2.

Frenchman Benneteau defeated Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the first round to move into a match-up against Roger Federer while Argentine Monaco faces Rafael Nadal by virtue of a 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3 defeat of Spain’s Feliciano Lopez.

The results: At Cincinnati (Cincinnati Masters): Second round: Andy Roddick bt Fernando Verdasco 7-6(3), 6-2; Jarkko Nieminen bt Tommy Robredo 6-4, 6-1. First round: Robby Ginepri bt Jonas Bjorkman 6-3, 6-3; Juan Mon aco bt Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3; Julien Benneteau bt Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Lleyton Hewitt bt Stanislas Wawrinka 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(5); Juan-Carlos Ferrero bt Olivier Rochus 6-1, 3-6, 7-5; Arnaud Clement bt Paul-Henry Mathieu 6-4, 6-2; Phillip Kohlschreiber bt Agustin Calleri 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-6(7); Radek Stepanek bt Mardi Fish 7-5, 7-6(3); Marcos Baghdatis bt Andy Murray 6-1, 6-2; Juan Martin del Potro bt Guillermo Canas 6-2, 6-2; James Blake bt Alejandro Falla 7-6(5), 6-1; Mario Ancic bt Tommy Haas 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3.

At Toronto (WTA Rogers Cup): Second round: Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Roberta Vinci 6-2, 7-6(7); Shahar Peer bt Tathiana Garbin 6-3, 6-2; Peng Shuai bt Katarina Srebotnik 6-1, 4-2 ret.; First round: Sybille Bammer bt Emi lie Loit 6-1, 6-2; Maria Elena Camerin bt Alona Bondarenko 6-4, 6-3; Maria Kirilenko bt Martina Müller 6-1, 6-3; Eleni Daniilidou bt Gisela Dulko 6-2, 6-3; Meghann Shaughnessy bt Mara Santangelo 6-4, 7-6(3); Virginie Razzano bt Aravane Rezai 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Nathalie Dechy bt Emmanuelle Gagliardi 6-4, 7-5; Andreja Klepac bt Meilen Tu 6-3, 6-1; Stephanie Dubois bt Ai Sugiyama 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5; Marie-Eve Pelletier bt Ekaterina Shulaeva 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; Aleksandra Wozniak bt Anastasia Rodionova 6-4, 5-0 ret.. — Agencies

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