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WIMBLEDON, England - Andy Roddick found his form quickly in his first Olympic match Monday, beating Martin Klizan of Slovakia, 7-5, 6-4 in the first round at Wimbledon. Roddick converted only two of 13 break-point chances but dominated with his serve, as often happens at Wimbledon, where hes a two-time runner-up. "I served really well," he said. "I would have liked to have converted more break points. But I got a couple and, thankfully, thats all I needed." The Olympic match, delayed one day by rain, was Roddicks first in eight years. He lost in the third round at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and skipped Beijing 2008. As a price for being unseeded, hell face a daunting challenge in the second round: Novak Djokovic, the 2011 Wimbledon champion. "The guy has been the best player in the world over the last couple of years," Roddick said. "Its going to be tough. But the situation, weve both been through it a million times. Im going to have to serve well and take some chances on returns." Lleyton Hewitt of Australian and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, both three-time Olympians, won their opening matches. No. 9-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina, No. 13 Marin Cilic of Croatia, No. 16 Richard Gasquet of France and big-serving Milos Raonic of Canada also advanced. American Varvara Lepchenko eliminated Veronica Cepede Royg of Paraguay 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-2. Their match was tied after two sets when play was suspended Sunday because of rain. Roddick, a dedicated Davis Cup player for the United States, took Court 2 on a sunny morning looking particularly patriotic. He wore a blue shirt, white shorts and stars-and-stripes shoes. "Posh sneakers, Andy," shouted a spectator with a British accent. Roddick had the bulk of the crowd support, although a chant of "U-S-A! U-S-A!" quickly fizzled. He lost only nine points in 11 service games, and the first break point came on the final shot of the opening set, which put him ahead to stay. 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He got off to an unusual start when Dustin Pedroia reached after striking out on a passed ball with two down in the first. Weaver then fell while throwing a pitch to Adrian Gonzalez, who eventually struck out to end the inning. "I slipped a little bit," the gangly 6-foot-7 Weaver said, smiling as he recalled the moment. "Its bound to happen with all the body limbs flying around." Howie Kendrick hit a solo homer and Torii Hunter had a two-run single for the Angels, who have won the first two in a three-game set at Boston after getting swept in a four-game home series against Tampa Bay over the weekend. Los Angeles slugger Albert Pujols left in the fourth inning with tightness in his right calf, and the team said he would have a precautionary MRI on Thursday. Ryan Lavarnway and Mike Aviles had RBI doubles for Boston, which lost for the sixth time in eight games and fell to 6-14 in August. Red Sox right-hander Clay Buchholz (11-4) matched his season high for runs allowed, giving up seven in 5 1-3 innings. The 12 hits allowed equaled a career worst, also done in a 4-1 loss at Baltimore on April 26, 2011. "Its tough. Nobody comes here every day wanting to lose or thinking were going to lose," Buchholz said. "Its just been happening that way. To have a team that everybody knows can be really, really good with the players that run out there every day, it makes it a little bit tougher knowing that also." Los Angeles, which had lost 11 of its 14 previous games in Fenway before this week, goes for the sweep Thursday when C.J. Wilson faces Bostons Franklin Morales. "C.J. wants to take the baton aand pass it along," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.dddddddddddd "They know how important they are to us, and hopefully they want to keep it going." Leading 4-2 in the sixth, Kendrick homered into the seats above the Green Monster. Maicer Izturis and Erick Aybar then singled, chasing Buchholz. Junichi Tazawa struck out his first batter before Mike Trouts single loaded the bases. Hunter followed with his two-run single, making it 7-2. The Angels bottom four hitters in the order went 10 for 16 with six runs scored. "I didnt know we did all that," Kendrick said. "I think its huge to have a different part of the lineup put up those kinds of numbers." The Angels jumped in front 2-0 in the third. Chris Iannetta had an RBI single and the second run scored on Trouts double-play grounder. Los Angeles made it 4-0 in the fourth when Mark Trumbo and Izturis each had an RBI single. Consecutive RBI doubles by Lavarnway and Aviles cut Bostons deficit to 4-2 in the fourth. Pujols pulled up running between second and third on Kendrys Morales grounder to shortstop before gingerly going into the third-base bag. He then came home slowly on Trumbos single, limping noticeably as he went to the dugout. 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