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Rome - American Andy Roddick's miserable season on clay continued on Monday when he was knocked out in the Rome Masters first round 6-3 6-3 by Frenchman Gilles Simon.
The 12th seed, who lost to qualifier Flavio Cipolla in the opening round in Madrid last week, never looked comfortable on the red clay against his unseeded opponent who cruised to victory after an early break.
The former world number one hit just nine winners compared to Simon's 23, making 27 unforced errors to the Frenchman's 18 on a windy Centre Court.
Simon, seven places below Roddick in the world rankings at number 19, will play the winner of the match between Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela and American John Isner.
Results from the second day of the ATP/WTA Italian Masters (x denotes seeding):
Men
First Round
Igor Andreev (RUS) bt Pere Riba (ESP) 6-4, 7-5
Gilles Simon (FRA) bt Andy Roddick (USA x12) 6-3, 6-3
Women
First Round
Greta Arn (HUN) bt Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS x11) 3-6, 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (11/9)
Lourdes Dominguez (ESP) bt Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) 6-1, 0-6, 7-6 (7/4)
Iveta Benesova (CZE) bt Gisela Dulko (ARG) 6-2, 6-1
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) bt Patty Schnyder (SUI) 6-3, 6-2
Christina McHale (USA) bt Shuai Peng (CHN) 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (9/7)
Vera Dushevina (RUS) bt Ayumi Morita (JPN) 6-3, 6-1
