Wimbledon doubles winner Wesley Moodie reached the second round of the 600,000 Indianapolis ATP event, then revealed his sudden Grand Slam windfall has re-launched his tennis career.
The 26-year-old South African belted out a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Jean-Rene Lisnard of France, setting up a third career meeting against Briton Greg Rusedski, the seventh seed at the opening event of the US Open series run of tournaments.
Russian Dmitry Tursunov, who stunned Brit Tim Henman in the Wimbledon second round, won his opening match over Yen-hsun Lu of Taipei 6-3, 6-4.
Top seed American Andy Roddick, playing for the first time since a second consecutive defeat in a Wimbledon final at the hands of Swiss star Roger Federer, took to the practice court for a second straight day.
Shortly after his Sunday arrival in the Midwest, the two-time champion, went to work. The 2003 US Open winner was at it again on Monday.
Roddick will open his campaign against Tursunov, the world ranked number 119 who improved to 6-4 on the season with his win over Lu.
In the night match, France's Gregory Carraz beat American James Blake 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 7-5.