US top seed Andy Roddick, seeking his third Memphis crown and 30th ATP title, outlasted Australian Lleyton Hewitt 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of an ATP and WTA indoor event
US top seed Andy Roddick, seeking his third Memphis crown and 30th ATP title, outlasted Australian Lleyton Hewitt 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Friday to reach the semi-finals of an ATP and WTA indoor event.
Eighth-ranked Roddick fired 21 aces to win the clash of former world champions, booking a Saturday date with 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, who ousted US qualifier Michael Russell 6-4, 6-2.
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Hewitt, ranked 70th, broke Roddick to open the match and twice more to take the first set, but Roddick bounced back to win in two hours 13 minutes for his sixth victory in a row over the Australian.
