Tsonga, Roddick net US Open wins

Fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France and American Andy Roddick moved on to the second round of the 2012 U.S. Open with wins Tuesday. Tsonga, who reached the quarterfinals at last year's event, bested Slovakia's Karol Beck 6-3, 6-1, 7-6 (7-2). Roddick, a former U.S. Open winner seeded 20th this year, smashed 20 aces en route to 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 defeat of fellow American and qualifier Rhyne Williams. In other action involving seeded players, No. 6 Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic got past Belgian David Goffin 7-5, 6-3, 6-3 and No. 11 Nicolas Almagro of Spain defeated Czech Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 6-4. Fifteenth-seeded Milos Raonic of Canada posted his first career U.S. Open main draw triumph, outlasting Colombian Santiago Giraldo 6-3, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Other Day 2 winners included American Sam Querrey, Taiwan's Jimmy Wang, Belgian Steve Darcis, Spaniard Pablo Andujar, German Philipp Petzschner, and Russian-born American Dennis Novikov.