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1/2/11 8:19 PM | Kelli DeMario
Defending champion Andy Roddick will join top seed Robin Soderling as the ATP World Tour kicks off the 2011 season at the Brisbane International in Australia. The American is set to enter the draw as the second seed.
World No. 5 Robin Soderling heads to Brisbane for the first week of January, armed with new coach Claudio Pistolesi after parting ways with long-time aide Magnus Norman. The 26-year-old Swede will be making his second appearance at the Brisbane International, having reached the quarterfinal in 2009.
Soderling completed 2010 with two titles, including his first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown in Paris. He performed well on clay once again, with a second consecutive championship match berth scored at the French Open (lost to Nadal).
The Swede leads a talent-flush field this week, alongside fellow seeds Andy Roddick, Fernando Verdasco, Mardy Fish, Marcos Baghdatis, Feliciano Lopez, Florian Mayer and Denis Istomin.
Soderling is located in the same half of the draw as (4) Fish, (7) Mayer and (8) Istomin. After a first-round battle with a qualifier, the World No. 5 looks to meet either Michael Berrer or Dudi Sela. The closest seed to Soderling is Istomin, who looms as a likely opponent in the quarterfinal.
Defending champion Andy Roddick headlines a competitive bottom half, housed in the same section as (3) Verdasco, (5) Baghdatis and (6) Lopez. The World No. 8 may have his first test against the Cypriot in the quarterfinal.
The 28-year-old, who captured the 2010 title in his debut (def. Stepanek), faces hometown wildcard Marinko Matosevic in the opening round.
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