Riled Roddick heads home after another early exit from Australian Open tennis

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MELBOURNE (AFP) — Andy Roddick is coming to terms with serving a fusillade of 42 aces yet packing his bags for an early flight home from yet another under-achieving Australian Open.

The brash American sixth seed was dumped out of the season-opening Grand Slam in a compelling third round five-setter against Philipp Kohlschreiber early Saturday with the German playing the match of his life to reach the last 16.

Roddick, a three-time semi-finalist, made his earliest exit from the Australian slam in six years as Kohlschreiber pummelled him with an amazing 104 winners.

The loss again emphasised that Roddick's signature serve cannot disguise his vulnerability when the ball comes back over the net, with Kohlschreiber's brilliant one-handed backhand reaping 30...