Roddick battles through

World number one Andy Roddick survived a tough first-round clash at the Australian Open – but for last year’s finalist Rainer Schuettler it was another day to forget.

Roddick beat Chile’s Fernando Gonzalez in straight sets but Schuettler, who has not won a match in 2004, surrendered a two-set lead to Swedish teenager Robin Soderling, going down 4-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 6-4 in the Rod Laver Arena.