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Roger Federer, the top favorite, will debut at the Australian Open Odds against Russia's Igor Andreev, while the Spanish Rafael Nadal, seeded second, will premiere at the local player Peter Luczak, as the drawing was held today in Melbourne. Federer shares the top of the box with Russian Nikolay Davydenko (6), which would be in quarters, and the Serbian Novak Djokovic (3), whom he would cross in the semifinals. Djokovic will play their first match against Daniel Gimeno-Traver Spanish.

For the lower half of table-defending champion Nadal-quarters he would deal with Britain's Andy Murray (5) and in the semifinals with Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro (4) or with American Andy Roddick (7). The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the year, starting next Monday.

Other first-round clashes which will be involved are the Spanish players Fernando Verdasco (9) with the Australian Carsten Ball, invited by the organization; Tommy Robredo (16) with Colombian Santiago Giraldo, Marcel Granollers with Swede Robin Soderlin (8), Feliciano Lopez and Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas and David Ferrer (17) with Italy's Andreas Seppi. Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moya and Nicolas Almagro await players from the previous phase.

Andy Roddick reached its first title in 11 months by defeating Radek Stepanek in the final of tennis tournament in Brisbane, his first appointment of the year.

Roddick, world number seven, beat defending champion 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (9-7). His last title dated February in Memphis, where he beat Stepanek in the final.

The U.S. responds to the concerns aroused by his physical condition to begin a week before the first grand slam of the season, the Australia Open.

Roddick played in Brisbane in his first tournament since retiring in October in Shanghai by a knee injury. Its success is a warning to their rivals in Melbourne, where the tennis player of 26 years has reached the semifinals four times.

"I honestly do not know whether he expected to win my first tournament after a pause so long. I feel very well," said the winner, seeded number one and Wimbledon finalist in 2009.

There will be no dream final in exhibition tennis tournament in Abu Dhabi: Robin Soderling of Sweden beat Switzerland's Roger Federer today and prevented the clash between world number one Rafael Nadal and Spanish, the executioner of his compatriot David Ferrer.

Federer began the year 2010 with the defeat. Soderling won 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (7-1), 6-2 and will play tomorrow's final against Nadal, who beat Ferrer 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 .

"I have fun," said casually after the defeat Federer, who also lost in the same tournament in the first game of the year in 2009. The Swiss always Soderling had won in the 12 previous clashes, including the final at Roland Garros 2009.

Soderling, world number eight, who was thwarted in May's dream of winning the fifth French Open followed, one of the major surprises in the tennis world last year. Of the five previous match, the Spanish, second in the rankings, won three.