Roddick's Power Leaves Crowd Reeling

Fifth seed Andy Roddick blasted past Italy's Davide Sanguinetti 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 to set up a potential humdinger of a match with Greg Rusedski.

Fifth seed Andy Roddick blasted his way to a 6-2, 6-3, 6-3 first-round victory over Italy's Davide Sanguinetti to set up a potential encounter with Greg Rusedski.

The 20-year-old American, fresh from winning on grass at the Stella Artois Championships, hit 14 aces in display of power-hitting on court one.

Roddick started the match with an ace and drew gasps from the crowd as he unleashed a series of clubbing forehands to subdue Sanguinetti, the 1998 Wimbledon quarter-finalist.

Roddick, who has never been beyond the third round at SW19, will face fellow big server Rusedski in the second round if the Briton wins his match with Alexander Waske of Germany later today.

Men's first round results:

Agustin Calleri (Arg) (23) bt Adrian Voinea (Rom) 6-2, 7-5, 1-0 retired

Flavio Saretta (Bra) bt Alan Mackin (Gbr) 6-2, 6-4, 6-2

Brian Vahaly (USA) bt Filippo Volandri (Ita) 2-6 6-1 6-4 6-4

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