Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic appear to be on another collision course.

Federer, Murray and Roddick are in action Wednesday in Paris.

Former No. 1 Tommy Muster returns at 43 years old!; interesting opening-round matches include (1) Melzer after a bye potentially facing (WC) Blake, and (5) Gulbis vs. Muster…

Lots of dangerous floaters in Beijing, with first-round matches of interest including Fish vs. Tipsarevic (winner to face (1) Djokovic), (6) Verdasco vs. Kohlschreiber (winner to face (WC) Isner), (3) Soderling vs. Robredo, (7) Youzhny vs. Ljubicic, and (2) Murray facing a qualifying-tested Mathieu.

Asked by Brad Gilbert in the on-court interview if he had the “tweener” between-the-legs shot like Roger Federer, Djokovic said, “No I have something else between my legs…don’t worry I won’t show it to you tonight.”

Andy Roddick eased through his second match last night versus qualie Grega Zemlja to start his run at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic title.

People, do not for a slight second act like every guy leaving a match early lost accidentally, didn’t fake an injury, etc. People lose once they earned enough at a tournament. Tennis is lucky in that you earn money by showing your sweet face on the court, possibly among the lone professions where a loss still earns you a paycheck.

“The beginning is always important, coming back as defending champion and trying to get off to a good start,” Federer said. “It was a good first set for me, without any hiccups on my own serve. After that things were a bit easier. He had to push it a bit more. I could relax and towards the end I played some great dropshots. So it was a perfect match to start the French Open.”

Maria Sharapova won her second title of the year on Saturday at Strasbourg, topping first-time finalist Kristina Barrios 7-5, 6-1 in the final. Sharapova was down a break late in the second set but got on top to win 10 of the last 11 games.

The second round begins at the Monte Carlo tennis masters.