No worries for big guns

Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt led the big guns safely through to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne today.

Tue, 18 Jan, 2005 - 15:20

Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt led the big guns safely through to the second round of the Australian Open in Melbourne today.

Second seed Roddick was made to fight hard against Georgian Irakli Labadze before taking the first set 7-5, but the former US Open champion then eased to victory, taking the second and third sets for the loss of just three more games.

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CourtsTennisAustralian OpenPlace: MelbournePlace: BritainPlace: AthensPlace: Rod Laver ArenaPlace: LuxembourgPlace: SpainPerson: Andy RoddickPerson: Lleyton HewittPerson: RoddickPerson: Irakli LabadzePerson: HewittPerson: Arnaud ClementPerson: Greg RusedskiPerson: Jonas BjorkmanPerson: RusedskiPerson: GregPerson: Brad GilbertPerson: Dean GoldfinePerson: BradPerson: DeanPerson: Roger FedererPerson: Tomas BerdychPerson: FedererPerson: Guillermo CoriaPerson: Guillermo CanasPerson: Tim HenmanPerson: CanasPerson: Chris GuccionePerson: Fernando VerdascoPerson: VerdascoPerson: Gilles MullerPerson: Sebastien GrosjeanPerson: Michael LlodraPerson: David NalbandianPerson: David FerrerPerson: NalbandianEvent: Australian OpenEvent: US OpenEvent: WimbledonEvent: Olympics
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