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 ROME (AP) - After beating Greg Rusedski 6-4, 6-2 Monday in the first round of the Italian Open, Andy Roddick said he had dropped 5 pounds off his 6-foot-2 frame.
"I worked a lot harder off the court with my fitness," the top-seeded Roddick said. "I think last year I was a little bit heavy, especially for clay, that's where you see it most."
Last year, Roddick lost to Olivier Mutis in the second round of the French Open, beaten 6-2 in the fifth set. The previous two years he lost in the first round of the clay-court major, and in 2001 Roddick retired with a hamstring injury against Lleyton Hewitt during the third round in Paris.
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