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February 20, 2010, Saturday
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DEFENDING champion and top seed Andy Roddick moved into his ninth straight quarterfinal at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships with a 7-6 (2), 6-4 victory over Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei on Thursday in Memphis, Tennessee.
Fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych also made to the last eight, with the Czech fighting back to beat American Michael Russell 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Sam Querrey, the eighth-seeded American, also made it through with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Argentina's Leonardo Mayer.
Roddick, pushed to three challenging sets in a first-round win over James Blake, advanced to the quarterfinals in Memphis for the ninth straight year.
The American relied on 10 aces and a key break of serve to beat Lu, who at No. 114, was one of the lowest-ranked players in the 32-man field.
After failing to break Lu on seven earlier opportunities, Roddick converted on the eighth by double-fault. Lu's mistake gave Roddick a 5-4 lead in the second set and he served out the match.
"It was good. But if I want to go further in this tournament I've got to do better on break points," Roddick said.
In the women's portion of the event -- the Cellular South Cup -- top-seeded Maria Sharapova continued her dominating march with a 6-2, 7-5 victory against Elena Baltacha of Great Britain to reach the semifinals.
Meanwhile, Venus Williams advanced to the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a victory over Israel's Shahar Peer yesterday.
Third-seeded Williams will play either Victoria Azarenka of Belarus or Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the final.
Fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych also made to the last eight, with the Czech fighting back to beat American Michael Russell 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Sam Querrey, the eighth-seeded American, also made it through with a 6-4, 6-0 win over Argentina's Leonardo Mayer.
Roddick, pushed to three challenging sets in a first-round win over James Blake, advanced to the quarterfinals in Memphis for the ninth straight year.
The American relied on 10 aces and a key break of serve to beat Lu, who at No. 114, was one of the lowest-ranked players in the 32-man field.
After failing to break Lu on seven earlier opportunities, Roddick converted on the eighth by double-fault. Lu's mistake gave Roddick a 5-4 lead in the second set and he served out the match.
"It was good. But if I want to go further in this tournament I've got to do better on break points," Roddick said.
In the women's portion of the event -- the Cellular South Cup -- top-seeded Maria Sharapova continued her dominating march with a 6-2, 7-5 victory against Elena Baltacha of Great Britain to reach the semifinals.
Meanwhile, Venus Williams advanced to the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a victory over Israel's Shahar Peer yesterday.
Third-seeded Williams will play either Victoria Azarenka of Belarus or Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in the final.
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