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 | Roddick exited in the first round in Rome9-05-2011 |
Former No. 1 men's tennis Andy Roddick (USA) dropped in the first round of the series "Masters of the Italian capital Rome in prize money € 2,750,000. Seeded Roddick lost 12 Frenchman Gilles Simon with 3:6, 3:6 for 82 minutes. American, a semifinalist in the competition in 2002 and 2008, conceded 27 unforced errors and poor continued a series of red, having last week dropped in the first round in Madrid after the defeat of qualifier Flavio Chipola from Italy. Simon was superior throughout the match by recording 23 winning blow against only 9 of his opponent. In the second round against Frenchman will play the winner of the match between Juan Ignacio Cela (Argentina) and John Isnar (USA).