Early exit for Roddick

Andy Roddick has been neglected out in the first round of the ATP China Open in Beijing to timely further questions over his future. Currently ranked 15th in the world, any opinion of appearing at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals are disappearing after a 6-4 7-5 defeat to Kevin Anderson on Monday. The sixth seed managed to deal with the South African's vast serve.

"If I break twice and don't win a set that says my serve isn't on," Roddick said."It's unacceptable."When asked by a Chinese reporter if retirement was on the cards, the sensitive Roddick responded; "I think you should retire."Other results saw Spain's Fernando Verdasco overcome Frenchman Michael Llodra 6-2 6-4 to progress to round two. Qualifier Flavio Cipolla beat Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1 1-6 6-0 while Croatian Marin Cilic eased past Di Wu 6-2 6-3.

Germany's Florian Mayer beat Albert Ramos 6-2 6-4 while Feliciano Lopez defeated Turkey's Marsel Ilhan thanks to a second set tie-break, 6-2 7-6(6).Temporarily, Gael Monfils has withdrawn from this event and next week's Shanghai Masters with a knee injury. The Frenchman was due to start as second seed this week, lost in the semi-finals in Bangkok last week.

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Roddick exits from Cincinnati

Andy Roddick crashed out in the first round of the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati at the hands of Germany's Phillipp Kohlschreiber. Roddick took the first set 7-6(5) on tie-break before losing the next two 7-5 and 6-1 in a match that saw him warned for throwing his racket and being penalised a point for striking the ball into the stands.

Viktor Troicki, the 14th seed, also fell after a two-set defeat to Italy's Fabio Fognini. The Serbian player lost 6-4 6-1 as Fognini accepted just one break in the match. Richard Gasquet, seeded 12th, had an easier time, defeating Alexander Dolgopolov 6-1 7-6(4).Fernando Verdasco saw off Thomaz Bellucci 6-3 7-6(4), David Nalbandian edged Kei Nishikori 6-4 6-4 and Juan Monaco took a three-set match against Tommy Haas 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3.

Ryan Harrison and Grigor Dimitrov also advancement to the next round but their associate wildcard Robby Ginepri was bundled out in two sets by wild card Alex Bogomolov. In the women's draw no seeds fell, with ninth seed Andrea Petkovic, 14th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova and 15th seed Ana Ivanovic all booking their second-round spots.

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