Safin and Roddick to meet in Melbourne

Russia’s Marat Safin battled back to overcome Dudi Sela in five sets to set up a mouth-watering third-round clash with American Andy Roddick at the Australian Open.

The 26th seed from Russia, the 2005 champion and two-time runner-up in Melbourne, triumphed 6-3 5-7 4-6 7-6 (7/4) 6-0 over the Israeli today.