Djokovic, Murray, Hewitt move on in Melbourne
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01/19/2012 -
Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Last year's champion Novak Djokovic
and runner-up Andy Murray were among Thursday's second-round winners, as was
home favorite Lleyton Hewitt, who beat an injured Andy Roddick at the
Australian Open.
The world No. 1 Djokovic rolled past Colombia's Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 6-2,
6-1, as the super Serb had to overcome an early service break on Day 4.
"I maybe started a little too defensive because he was hitting the ball very
strong," Djokovic said. "But then after, it was the other way around."
The reigning Aussie Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open titlist has now won 34
of his last 36 Grand Slam matches and is seeking a third straight major title
and a third Aussie crown. A title here would put Djokovic in select company,
as only four players -- Rod Laver, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer and Rafael
Nadal -- have captured three straight Grand Slam championships.
Djokovic will meet big-serving Frenchman Nicolas Mahut in the third round on
Saturday at Melbourne Park.
The fourth-seeded Murray, meanwhile, defeated France's Edouard Roger-Vasselin
6-1, 6-4, 6-4 in just under two hours at Hisense Arena.
Murray, who appeared in the last two finals here, including a loss to Djokovic
a year ago, is playing his first major event with the legendary Ivan Lendl as
his coach.
"It's been good, he's obviously one of the greatest players ever," Murray
said. "He's got so much experience and he's a very funny guy. You wouldn't
probably expect it by the way he was on the court, similar to myself."
The three-time Grand Slam runner-up Murray will tangle with French left-hander
Michael Llodra in his next match.
In the most-anticipated match of the day, the unseeded former No. 1 Hewitt
topped a 15th-seeded former top-ranked Roddick 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, as the American
retired because of a right hamstring injury.
Roddick summoned the doctor and a trainer after the third set. He fell to the
court in the opening set, but played on despite being in obvious pain.
"It's a miserable, terrible thing being out there compromised like that,"
said Roddick, who is a four-time Aussie semifinalist.
"I wanted to see what I could do. You don't really have much time for clarity
in that situation. He's a tough guy to play -- he knew what was going on."
Hewitt said the injury situation was "a nightmare for both of us."
"Obviously he stretched something," Hewitt said. "It's not easy for the person
up the other end of the court. It's hard to concentrate when they're having
injury timeouts.
"Andy's a great competitor -- he's similar to me. He plays with his heart on
his sleeve, has that never-say-die attitude as well. It's never easy to play
injured or to pull out of a match. It's not a good feeling."
Hewitt and Roddick have now split 14 career matchups. Hewitt also beat his
fellow former U.S. Open champ in the 2005 Aussie semis.
The two-time major champion and '05 Aussie runner-up Hewitt will face rising
23rd-seeded Canadian Milos Raonic here on Saturday. Raonic, who titled in
India two weeks ago, downed Germany's Philipp Petzschner 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 on
Day 4 of this fortnight.
Fifth-seeded David Ferrer, meanwhile, struggled to get past American Ryan
Sweeting, who actually held a two-sets-to-one lead before the Spaniard righted
the ship en route to a 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 decision. Sweeting
recorded nine double faults and piled up 73 unforced errors in the setback.
Up next for Ferrer will be Argentine veteran Juan Ignacio Chela.
Also on Thursday, France's Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, the tournament's sixth seed,
defeated Ricardo Mello of Brazil 7-5, 6-4, 6-4 and ninth-seeded Serb Janko
Tipsarevic overcame Aussie James Duckworth 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.
Tsonga will play Portuguese Frederico Gil, while Tipsarevic will face sweet-
swinging Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the round of 32 this weekend.
In some action involving a trio of French seeds, Julien Benneteau upset his
12th-seeded countryman Gilles Simon 7-5, 7-6 (10-8), 1-6, 3-6, 6-2, No. 14
Gael Monfils came back to beat capable Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 2-6,
6-0, 6-4, 6-2, and a No. 17 Gasquet handled Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev 6-4,
6-2, 3-0, as Golubev retired in the third set.
In other second-round action involving seeds, Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin
outlasted No. 19 Serb Viktor Troicki 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Japan's best,
No. 24 Kei Nishikori, snuck past Aussie Matthew Ebden 3-6, 1-6, 6-4,
6-1, 6-1; Gil grounded No. 26 Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3; a
No. 27 Chela eased past Spaniard Pablo Andujar 6-4, 6-4, 6-3; and Llodra
outlasted No. 32 Russian Alex Bogomolov Jr. 6-1, 6-3, 4-6, 5-7, 6-4.
One other Thursday result saw Mahut defeat Japan's Tatsuma Ito 1-6, 7-6 (8-6),
6-2, 6-2.
The third round will get underway on Friday, including matches for a pair
of all-time greats -- the former world No. 1s Nadal and Federer. The second-
seeded Nadal will take on Slovak Lukas Lacko, while the third-seeded Federer
will meet massive-serving 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic.
Nadal is the reigning French Open champion and owns 10 Grand Slam titles,
including an Aussie Open one in 2009 when he beat Federer here in the final.
Federer is a record 16-time men's major titlist, including four championships
in Melbourne.
Also on Day 5, seventh-seeded former Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych will
face 30th-seeded Kevin Anderson, 10th-seeded Nicolas Almagro will battle 21st-
seeded Swiss Stan Wawrinka and 11th-seeded former U.S. Open champ Juan Martin
del Potro will be opposed by Taipei's Yen-Hsun Lu.
Two other quality matchups will pit 13th-seeded 2011 Aussie Open
quarterfinalist Alexandr Dolgopolov against rising Aussie teen and 2011
Wimbledon quarterfinalist Bernard Tomic and 16th-seeded 6-foot-9 American
slugger John Isner versus 18th-seeded Feliciano Lopez.
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Problem with Bears?
Chicago, IL - New Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler and star linebacker Brian Urlacher shot down reports of a rift, saying they're simply not true.
"There's nothing between us," Cutler said Thursday, when he reported to training camp. "I just want to put that to rest. There never has been anything between us."
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Urlacher added: "I never said what I was quoted as saying and that's it. I have a lot of respect for Jay. I think Jay knows that."
Former Bears receiver Bobby Wade caused a stir when he told Minneapolis radio station KFAN-AM that Urlacher used a profanity while questioning Cutler's manhood during a conversation in Las Vegas last weekend. Wade, who now plays for the Vikings, said Urlacher used a profane version of the word "wimp" during the interview that had to be edited out.
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