INDIANAPOLIS, July 23: Top seed Andy Roddick survived a second round scare at the RCA Championships on Tuesday, needing three sets to tame young Frenchman Cyril Saulnier 6-7 6-3 7-6.

Playing in his first match since the Wimbledon semi-finals, Roddick, who received a first round bye, showed signs of rust dropping the opening set in a tie-break 7-5 and falling behind 3-1 in the second.

But the American world number six, backed by the home crowd, steadied himself to level the match at a set apiece.

The 20 year-old American, twice a winner this season, continued to battle in the third before prevailing in another tie-break, 7-4.

Roddick could have expected a tough fight from Saulnier, the Frenchman forcing him to go three tough sets at the Nasdaq-100 Open in March.

Results

Second Round: Mardy Fish bt Chris Guccione 7-5 6-7 (5-7) 6-4; Andy Roddick bt Cyril Saulnier 6-7 (7-5) 6-3 7-6 (7-4); Jan-Michael Gambill bt Thomas Enqvist 6-2 6-2; Nicolas Kiefer bt Prakash Amritraj 6-3 6-1; Wesley Moodie bt Brian Vahaly 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-1); Sjeng Schalken bt Ivan Miranda 6-3 6-1

First Round: Gregory Carraz bt Noam Okun 4-6 6-3 6-4; Ivo Heuberger bt Harel Levy 6-1 6-1; Janko Tipsarevic bt Nenad Zimonjic 7-6 (7-5) 6-4; Alex Bogomolov Jr bt Alex Kim 6-3 1-6 6-4.

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