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 | Roddick started the year with victory3-01-2011 |
World number 8 and seeded 2 in the main draw Andy Roddick (USA) started with a victory in 2011. In the first round of the international tennis tournament in Brisbane (Australia) in prize money 422,300 dollars Roddick have 6:3, 6:2 over the representative of the host Marinko Matoshevich. In contention for a place in the quarterfinals Roddick will face Alexander Dolgopolov (Ukraine), who removed with 6:4, 6:2 Igor Andreev (Russia). Colombian Santiago Hiraldo beat former world number six Gilles Simon (France), 6:2, 6:3.