MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Andy Roddick is into the third round at the Australian Open for the ninth straight time after beating Russian Igor Kunitsyn 7-6 (7), 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday.
Roddick, who had 17 aces, saved two set points in the first-set tiebreaker, serving to even it at 6-6, then won on his first set point.
The American broke to go up 2-0 in the second set and avoided another service break in the fifth.
It was Roddick's third straight win over Kunitsyn, but his first on a hard court. The American beat Kunitsyn in the second round at Wimbledon in 2009.
The former No. 1-ranked Roddick's first and only Grand Slam title was the 2003 U.S. Open.