Reuters: Fifth seed Roddick makes solid start in Montreal

Fifth seed Andy Roddick made a solid start to the Montreal Masters as he beat Frenchman Arnaud Clement 6-3 7-6 in the second round on Wednesday.Roddick, who won the title in Washington last weekend, trailed 5-3 in the second-set tiebreak before winning four consecutive points to clinch victory.

The American will now play Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus or Dutchman Robin Haase in the third round.

Lleyton Hewitt was awarded a path through to the third round when opponent James Blake withdrew before their match with an abdominal strain.

“I hope four, five days of ice and rest will do for me and I’ll be okay for Cincinnati (next week),” American Blake said.

“I need to be careful with the U.S. Open coming up, I don’t want to do something that’s going to cause some serious damage.”

Australian Hewitt will now play Slovakian Dominik Hrbaty, who upset seventh seed Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-2 6-4, while eighth seed Richard Gasquet squandered a match point before going down 3-6 7-6 6-4 to Spaniard Fernando Verdasco.

Fourth seed Nikolay Davydenko battled past Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-3 7-6 to reach the third round while another Russian, 14th seed Mikhail Youzhny, also advanced with a 6-4 6-4 win over Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka.

There was disappointment, though, for 13th seed Andy Murray, who lost 6-2 6-2 to Italian qualifier Fabio Fognini, the world number 139. David Ferrer, the 16th seed, also lost, beaten 7-6 6-1 by Argentine David Nalbandian.

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