Roddick wins opener in London

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06/12/2007 - London, England (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Three-time titlist Andy Roddick was a second-round winner Tuesday at The Artois Championships, a grass-court Wimbledon tune-up.

The second-seeded Roddick handled Czech Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-4 at The Queen's Club, where he titled back-to-back-to-back from 2003-05.

The former world No. 1 Roddick is a two-time Wimbledon runner-up.

Roddick was joined in the third round here by fifth-seeded Croat Ivan Ljubicic, who handled Thai Danai Udomchoke 6-3, 6-4.

A first-round upset came when 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic outslugged ninth- seeded American Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-4. Karlovic was the 2005 runner-up here to Roddick.

In other first-round action, young Frenchman Gael Monfils beat Russian Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-4 and veteran Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean, a two-time Queen's Club runner-up to Roddick, grounded German Michael Berrer 6-4, 6-2. Grosjean's third-round opponent will be eighth-seeded and former top-ranked Russian Marat Safin.

Additional opening-round victories came for Americans Robert Kendrick and Alex Kuznetsov, Canadian Frank Dancevic, Frenchmen Florent Serra and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Serbian Janko Tipsarevic and Croat Marin Cilic, who knocked out fading British favorite Tim Henman 7-6 (7-5), 2-6, 6-4. Henman is a three-time runner-up here.

Sixth-seeded Aussie Lleyton Hewitt is the defending Artois champ. The four- time Queen's Club titlist, who defeated American James Blake in last year's finale here, will face the big-serving Tsonga here on Wednesday.

Also on Wednesday, top-seeded Spaniard Rafael Nadal will face Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, third-seeded Aussie Open runner-up Fernando Gonzalez of Chile will encounter Tipsarevic and fourth-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic will meet Kendrick. Nadal is fresh off his third straight French Open title. Djokovic lost to Nadal in last week's French Open semis.

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