Haase faces Roddick in Australian Open   

By The Holland Times Friday 13 January 2012, 09:01

Next week's Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne will see Dutch tennis star Robin Haase pitted against US favourite And Roddick. 

Aussie Bernard Tomic drew arguably the toughest match of the competition, opening against semi-finalist Fernando Verdasco. 

Fellow Australian Lleyton Hewitt will take on German 83rd ranked Cedrik-Marcel Stebe. If he succeeds, Lleyton will have to face the winner of the Hasse-Roddick duo. Roddick, ranked 16 in the world, is expected to be tough competition for the Dutchman.

Ranked at 57th place in the world, Haase is currently the highest ranked Dutch player in the world.