WASHINGTON — Andy Roddick showed little rust following a monthlong break.
The top-seeded Roddick beat Benjamin Becker 6-3, 6-2 on Wednesday at the Legg Mason Tennis Championship, his first match since losing the Wimbledon final to Roger Federer on July 5.

Roddick took the extended break to recover from a right hip flexor injury sustained in that match. He said earlier in the week he had recovered. The long layoff showed in several shots hit long or wide, but he remained in control of the match throughout. He never faced a break point, and had eight aces — including the match winner — with no double-faults.
Twelve of the 16 seeded players were scheduled to play their first match of the tournament Wednesday. Although Roddick easily advanced, four seeds were knocked out. Two of the upsets were by former No. 1-ranked players — Juan Carlos Ferrero defeated seventh-seeded Tommy Robredo 6-3, 6-2, and Lleyton Hewitt beat No. 15-seed Dudi Sela 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
“He doesn’t have the biggest serve out there,” Hewitt said. “I was trying to be aggressive.”
No. 9 seed Mardy Fish was upset by Philipp Petzschner 1-6, 6-4, 6-1. It was the first match for Fish since he withdrew from the L.A. Tennis Open before the quarterfinals on Friday due to an abdominal strain sustained in the Davis Cup.
“It’s obviously frustrating to be injured,” Fish said. “I thought in practice I could do pretty much everything, and it’s just not the case.”
Fish said the injury bothers him during his serve — he had nine double-faults — and when he stretches for a shot. He wasn’t sure how long the injury would affect him or if he would have to miss any tournaments.
“I’ll get home, get healthy and get back as soon as I can,” Fish said.
Ferrero, a former world No. 1, finished off his fellow Spaniard with two consecutive aces.
“I was a little bit surprised,” Ferrero said. “I expected at the beginning a little bit tougher match, but I was hitting the ball very well today.”
Ferrero said he was more relaxed for this match than his opening-round 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-0 win against Nicolas Lapentti.
“I could enjoy the match more today than yesterday,” Ferrero said. “For sure.”
In other results, No. 11 seed Ivo Karlovic had 18 aces to advance 6-4, 7-5 against Rainer Schuettler, No. 4 Fernando Gonzalez beat Alejandro Falla 7-5, 7-5, and Wayne Odesnik beat No. 13 Igor Andreev 2-6, 7-5, 6-4.