Federer, Roddick move into third round in Melbourne

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01/17/2007 - Melbourne, Australia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top-seeded/world No. 1 Roger Federer won his 31st straight tennis match by breezing past Swede Jonas Bjorkman, 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round at the Australian Open Wednesday.

Federer, who is trying for a 10th career grand slam title, already has two championships in Melbourne, including last year. Federer, who also currently holds the Wimbledon, U.S. Open and Tennis Masters Cup titles, moved to 5-0 all-time against Bjorkman. That includes a victory over the Swede in the semifinals at Wimbledon last year.

Sixth-seeded American Andy Roddick, last year's U.S. Open runner-up to Federer, moved into the third round with a three-set win over Frenchman Marc Gicquel, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4. Roddick defeated Federer in the final at last week's pre-Aussie Open exhibition tournament at Kooyong.

In other early results Wednesday, 14th seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia routed Spaniard Feliciano Lopez, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 and 16th seed David Ferrer defeated Thomas Johansson, 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 6-2.

The heat, which forced a majority of the afternoon matches to be delayed until sundown Tuesday, backed off Wednesday.

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Owens broke the bone leading to his right ring finger Sunday night and had a plate surgically attached to it Monday. Although Owens' hand was swollen and aching Wednesday, Dallas Cowboys coach Bill Parcells said he's optimistic the receiver will be back at work next week and catching passes a week from Sunday against the Tennessee Titans.

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