Fifth seed American Andy Roddick became the first big casualty in the US Open when he lost the third round match to fellow American John Isner 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7 (5). Roddick lost two tiebreakers in the 3 hours and 51 minutes long match. The men's side of the US Open paid enough respect to the seedings as there are as many as 24 seeded players in the last 32 stage of the tournament and Roddick was the first player seeded in top 16 to be ousted.
On the second day of third round, Giles Simon retired from the match while trailing 6-1, 4-6, 6-7(5), 0-1 and became the second top 16 player to exit.
The following is the full list of the players who exit in the third round. The names in the bracket are the respective winners and the players in bold are the top 16 seeded players losing out.
Third Round Exit Men's:
Lleyton Hewitt, 31 (Roger Federer, 1)
James Blake, 21 (Tommy Robredo, 14)
Andy Roddick, 5 (John Isner): 7-6(3), 6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 7-6(5)
Jesse Witten (Novak Djokovic, 4)
Tommy Haas, 20 (Fernando Verdasco, 10)
Sam Querrey, 22 (Robin Soderling, 12)
Phillip Kohlschreiber, 23 (Radek Stepanek, 15)
Marko Chiudinelli (Nikolay Davydenko, 8)
Nicolas Almagro, 32 (Rafael Nadal, 3)
Taylor Dent (Andy Murray, 2)
Daniel Koellerer (Juan Martin Del Potro, 6)
Giles Simon, 9 (Juan Carlos Ferrero, 24) : 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 1-0 Simon retired
Julien Benneteau (Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 7)
Thomas Berdych, 17 (Fernando Gonzalez, 11)
Jose Acasuso (Gael Monfils, 13) Acasuso retired in third set
Denis Istomin (Marin Cilic, 16)
**Only two persons in the last 16 are from outside top 16 seeded players.
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