LONDON (AFP) — Andy Roddick began his challenge for a record fifth Queen's title with a comfortable 6-1, 6-4 second round victory over Kristof Vliegen at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event on Tuesday.

Roddick has always been at home on the grass courts of west London and the second seed was quickly back in the old routine.
The American, ranked sixth in the world, suffered only his third defeat in eight visits to Queen's when he was beaten at the semi-final stage by Rafael Nadal last year.
But he has been playing with renewed verve since acting on new coach Larry Stefanki's advice to lose weight earlier this year.