Andy Roddick recovered after losing his temper and the second set in a tiebreaker to reach the second round of the Cincinnati Masters with a 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-1 win over the 46th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky Monday. With wife and supermodel Brooklyn Decker and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Terrell Owens watching from the stands, Roddick threw his racket to the ground in frustration after blowing a 5-2 lead in the tiebreaker and committing an unforced error on set point against his Ukrainian rival. The two-time Cincinnati champion gathered himself and raced to 5-0 lead in the deciding set before closing out the match with a forehand winner. “I don't feel perfect, but good enough,” he said. “That third set was actually a blessing in disguise. That's the best I've played in months.” No. 25 Thomaz Bellucci advanced with a 7-6 (6), 7-5 win over 68th-ranked Benjamin Becker before No. 14 Robby Ginepri, a wild-card entry, wrapped up the tournament's first day with a 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over 103rd-ranked Somdev Devvarman. In earlier matches, Taylor Dent rode a decisive serve advantage to a surprisingly easy 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 24 Feliciano Lopez. “Today, I wasn't missing many returns, and I was getting a ton of free points on my serve,” said Dent, who earned a second-round matchup with top-seeded Rafael Nadal. No. 14 Nicolas Almagro became the second seeded player to be eliminated from the tournament when he fell to 26th-ranked Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-3. No. 11 Marin Cilic fell to Marcos Baghdatis in straight sets Sunday night. Also advancing Monday were No. 102 Paul-Henri Mathieu, who rallied to edge 54th-ranked Victor Hanescu 6-7 (6), 7-6 (2), 6-3, and 47th-ranked Viktor Troicki, who knocked off No. 28 Radek Stepanek 7-5, 6-1. Mathieu is scheduled to meet seventh-seeded Tomas Berdych in the second round Tuesday. No. 10 David Ferrer was pushed to three sets before prevailing over 43rd-ranked Alexandr Dolgopolov 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, while 13th-seeded Jurgen Melzer and 21st-ranked Sam Querry both avoided upsets with 6-1, 6-4 wins, Melzer over No. 62 Santiago Giraldo and Querry over No. 48 Philipp Petzschner. Kenepi upsets Peer Kaia Kenepi of Estonia beat No. 14 seed Shahar Peer of Israel 6-3, 6-3 in the first round of the Rogers Cup Monday. Former world No. 1 Dinara Safina celebrated her return to Stade Uniprix with a 6-3 6-3 win over Germany's Andrea Petkovic. No. 16 Aravane Rezai rallied to beat Petra Kvitova 6-7 (1), 7-5, 6-3. She saved 12 of 18 breakpoint opportunities for Kvitova in the match and seven of 10 over the final two sets. In other matches, Timea Bacsinszky beat Aleksandra Wozniak 6-3, 6-2; Jarmila Groth defeated Alona Bondarenko 7-6 (9), 6-2; Iveta Benesova downed Sara Errani 6-3, 6-2; and Vania King came back to defeat Anabel Medina Garrigues 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. Also former world No. 7 Patty Schnyder, who lost in qualifying but made the main draw as a lucky loser, advanced with a 6-7 (4), 7-5, 6-3 win over Virginie Razzano. Murray happy without coach World No. 4 Andy Murray admits he will play the US Open without a coach after a morale-boosting triumph in the ATP Rogers Cup. Murray defeated Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5 in the final of the Toronto event Sunday just 24 hours after beating world number one Rafael Nadal in the last four. The victory clinched Murray's first ATP Tour title of 2010 and was a small measure of revenge for his loss against Federer in the Australian Open final in January. It was also much-needed confirmation that Murray can survive on the tour without assistance after parting company with coach Miles Maclagan last month.
