Much talk has been made of 36-year-old Fabrice Santoro starting to fade into twilight of his career, but the French magician has started 2009 strong.  He beat Juan Carlos Ferrero in the first round of the Australian Open and upset No. 32 seed Philip Kohlschreiber in the second, outlasting the German player eleven years his junior in five sets.  Santoro now plays Roddick, a rematch of their first round U.S. Open meeting in which Roddick dominated.  But that was after Santoro had taken a few weeks off, instead of going into the match on a hot streak like he is riding now. And it was on a much quicker court than the Melbourne blue surface, so look for this one to be closer.  However, the older man might be tired, and Roddick, fitter at 15 pounds lighter, has a 3-1 career record against Santoro.

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