Andy Roddick Dumped Out of US Open, Murray Advances

Andy Roddick Dumped Out of US Open, Murray Advances

The American hopes took a beating on the third day at the US Open when Andy Roddick was stunned by Janko Tipsarevic in a four-setter. The game was marred by a foot-fault call against Roddick, in a similar manner to the previous year when Serena Williams had lost her cool and a pay-cheque after swearing at a lines-judge.

Tipsarevic won the match in four sets, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 7-6 to advance to the third round of the US Open, whereas Roddick lost in the second round of the tournament for the first time in his career. Roddick had won the US Open in 2003, and was the finalist in 2006.

Roddick kept the unforced errors down to 23, but it was Tipsarevic’s winners that saw him through. In his assessment of the game, Roddick acknowledged that Tipsarevic’s game was a high-risk one but came off well. Roddick said, “He played very high risk and executed for four sets. I kept telling myself, ‘This has to have an expiration date on it.’ Unfortunately, I needed another set for that.”

In another second round match at the US Open, Gael Monfils beat Russian Igor Andreev in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, 6-3 on his 24th birthday. It was Andreev’s 20 unforced errors to his eight winners that sealed the match in the favour of his opponent.

Andy Murray also kept alive the British hopes when he overcame Slovakia’s 71st-ranked Lukas Lacko in another straight set match. The British star won 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the US Open.

Roger Federer plays his second round match against Andreas Beck. Both, Federer and Beck had won their first round matches in straight sets.