Tennis: Roddick bends but doesn't break against Mahut (AFP)

by Scott Williams 7 minutes ago TORONTO (AFP) - Former champion Andy Roddick had to work harder than expected to suppress an upset bid from France's Nicolas Mahut with a 6-1, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3 second-round win on Tuesday at the Toronto Masters. The 2003 winner showed some signs of rust as he competed for the first time in nearly a month following a second-round loss at Wimbledon, which was followed by more work to rehab a right shoulder injured two months ago in Rome. "I feel good for the first time since probably we finished our Davis Cup tie in April," said the sixth seed who won the Canadian title in 2003. "I'm starting again. I had some really good wins and then got hurt. I probably tried to come back a little sooner than I should have. "I might have played decent at Wimbledon, had I been prepared. But I went there kind of... [read full story]