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Roddick leaves earlier than expected
Former runner-up Andy Roddick has packed from Wimbledon after being stunned by Feliciano Lopez who ousted the tenth favorite in straight sets, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4. The Spaniard will next meet the winner between Gael Monfils and Lukasz Kubot.
Lopez first broke his opponent in the ninth game, threatening with an early lead. But Roddick broke back immediately to make it 5-5 and push the game into the tie-break. After a ver y tight start of the meeting, the breaker saw the Spaniard power through to a five-mini-break advantage he eventually converted into a minimal overall lead. The second set looked much tighter than the first one as both players held their serves consistently until the tie-break. Once again, Lopez provided the same pace, thwarting Roddick at two to near a huge victory.
Finally, the decider was easier to win as Roddick conceded an early break to allow his opponent keep the two-game gap until the end. Lopez finished the third set at four to make a sensational progress. “Once you have your chances, you have to take them, and this is what happened today. I played solid all three sets. When you play Roddick here, you never expect to win two straight tie-breaks against him. So I’m really happy with my performance,” said the Spaniard after the game.
Gale Monfils is to continue his clash with Kubot tomorrow, the result being at the moment 3-6, 6-3, 3-3. The same day sixth favorite and Acapulco and Auckland champion David Ferrer edged Ryan Harrison in five sets after losing the first one, 6-7, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. The Spaniard conceded the opener at tie-break, allowing the American to edge him 8-6. As for the second term, it saw Ferrer play his best tennis and stun Harrison by five games.
Harrison then threatened with another comeback, making it 2-1 after nearly two hours. The fourth term brought Ferrer another leveler and thus the chance to push the game into the decider. Not only did he manage the five set, but he did it in an easy manner, breaking the American early in the set and powering through to his toughest win of the week.
Next up for one of the main favorites is Karol Beck who has provided one of the biggest surprises in London when he ousted another Spaniard, Guillermo Garcia Lopez 7-6, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Seventh favorite Tomas Berdych leads Alex Bogomolov 6-2, 6-4, 4-3, the rest of the session being scheduled to continue tomorrow. Bernard Tomis stunned Igor Andreev of Russian in five sets, 4-6, 5-7, 6-3, 6-4, 6-1 to set a tough meeting with fifth seed Robin Soderling who also follows a five-set win over Lleyton Hewitt whom the Swede eliminated yesterday.
Jurgen Melzer of Austrian stunned Dmitry Tursunov in four sets, 6-3, 2-6, 7-6, 7-6 to face Xavier Malisse of Belgium in the third term who overcame Florian Mayer 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Richard Gasquet eased past Simone Bolelli of Italy 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to play either fourth favorite Andy Murray or Ivan Ljubicic in the fourth round.
Top seed and defending champion Rafa Nadal leads the confrontation with Muller 7-6, the second episode being scheduled to take place tomorrow. Whoever wins, will next meet either Juan Martin Del Potro or Gilels Simon who also have some unfinished work. The Argentine leads the French 7-6, 2-4 as the game will continue on Saturday.
Second favorite Novak Djokovic has continued his course at Wimbledon with another three-set win over Kevin Anderson whom the Serb eased past 6-3, 6-4, 6-2. Next up to him is Marcos Baghdatis who also made an easy progress after ousting Andreas Seppi 6-4, 7-6, 7-5.
Roger Federer has kept his sheet clean in London when the Swiss, winner of six trophies at Wimbledon, crashed Adrian Mannarino 6-2, 6-3, 6-2. Third favorite will next meet world number 23 David Nalbandian who overcame Andreas Haider Maurer in four sets, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. The two are expected to meet for the 19th time, the head to head series being led by Roger 10-8 who last defeated the 29-year-old at the 2008 Basel event.
Queens finalist Jo Wilfried Tsonga eliminated Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov in four sets, after surviving an early scare, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 7-6 to face Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in the third term. Gonzalez eased past Rik de Voest 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 and will meet the French for the first time this season. Ninth seed Mardy Fish is to face Robin Haase in the third term. The American has continued his easy progress with a second straight three-set win over Denis Istomin whom he ousted 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. As for his next opponent, the Dutch overcame Fernando Verdasco in four sets, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2, providing one of the most impressive surprises of the week.
Nicolas Almagro has set a tough meeting with Mikhail Youzhny after edging John Isner 7-6, 7-6, 6-7, 6-3. On the other side, the Russian has made a much easier progress, easing past Somdev Devvarmann 6-2, 6-4, 6-4. Finally, Michael Llodra beat Ricardo Mello 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 to will next meet revelation Yen Hsun Lu of Taipei who stunned Viktor Troicki in three sets, 7-6, 6-4, 6-4. Previously to the second term win, the Chinese had ousted Tommy Robredo 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 to become a real threat even for Llodra.
Wimbledon Prize Money and points:
Winner – 1,100,000 pounds and 2000 points ATP
Runner-up – 550,000 pounds and 1,200 points ATP
Semi finalist – 275,000 pounds and 720 points ATP
Quarter finalist – 137,500 pounds and 360 points ATP
R16 – 68,750 pounds and 180 points ATP
R32 – 34,375 pounds and 90 points ATP
R64 – 20,125 pounds and 45 points ATP
R128 – 11,500 pounds and 10 points ATP
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