Saturday, August 8, 2009

[tennis] Roddick Makes His Way To The Semis


American top seed Andy Roddick reached the semifinal of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington. He got the better of big serving Croat Ivo Karlovic 7-6(5), 7-6(4) in the quarters winning both sets in tiebreakers. Roddick will meet countryman John Isner in the semis who defeated 8th seed Thomas Berdych 6-3, 6-7(10), 6-2 in the other quarter final. Second seed Juan Martin Del Potro will meet 4th seed Fernando Gonazalez the other semi final. Gonzalez defeated Tommy Haas 7-5, 6-4. Del Potro reached the final as Ron=bin Soderling withdrawn from the tournament because of a serious elbow injury.

semi final line up:

Andy Roddick vs John Isner H2H: 1-0
Juan Martin Del Potro vs Fernando Gonzalez H2H: 0-3

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