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Roddick rolls in first match at U.S. Open
If Andy Roddick wants to contend at a Grand Slam again, this is one heck of a start.
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Roddick who missed the French Open with an injury and suffered a disappointing early loss at Wimbledon routed Fabrice Santoro 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in his opening match at the U.S. Open on Wednesday, a near-flawless start at the site of his only Slam title.
Flashing the powerful serve and devastating forehand that helped carry him to the 2003 title, Roddick overwhelmed the light-hitting Santoro, who at 35 years old was playing in his record 65th Grand Slam.
The match ended with Santoro thinking Roddick had tried to hit him with the ball. Roddick said that wasn't the case and he would try to seek out Santoro to clear the air.
"I felt good," Roddick told the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd after the match. "That's the best I've felt in four or five months. Something about this place always gets me energized."
In other men's action, No. 3 seed Novak Djokovic shook off an injury to his left ankle in the third set and beat Arnaud Clement 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. Djokovic rolled the ankle while going for a shot on the right sideline in the fourth game. After receiving on-court treatment, he wrapped the match with a break of Clement's serve.
Fifth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko beat Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-3, 6-3; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the No. 19 seed, moved on with a 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 win over Santiago Ventura; No. 18 Nicolas Almagro beat Frank Dancevic 6-3, 6-4, 7-5; and Dmitry Tursunov, the 26th seed, upended Eduardo Schwank 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 7-6 (5).
The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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