Roddick falls at first hurdle
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August 17, 2011, Wednesday
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A TESTY Andy Roddick was upset by Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (5), 5-7, 1-6 on Monday in the first round of the Western & Southern Open, a key warmup for the US Open.
The 11th-seeded Roddick received a warning from the chair umpire for flinging his racket to the court after losing the second set in Mason, Ohio.
Then, after double-faulting in the second game of the third set to fall behind 30-40, he smacked a ball high into the stands, which prompted chair umpire Carlos Bernardes to give him a point penalty that put him behind 0-2 in the set.
"Obviously a split-second thing," Roddick said. "Soon as I hit it, I wanted it back."
The German later closed out the match with an ace.
"It was a judgment call for (Bernardes)," Roddick said. "Pretty sure I saw an 8-year-old girl catch it on the way down. He was telling me I hit it as hard as I could. I was like, 'Dude ...'"
Roddick said he'd like to see tennis players get a little more leeway in situations like this. He said John McEnroe, for instance, is "still getting endorsements" because of his legendary temper tantrums on the court.
"I understand where (Bernardes) is coming from, but at a certain point, you know, you hit a tennis ball into a stadium, someone goes home with a souvenir, and it pretty much ruins the match from there" to penalize the player.
"Seems counterproductive," Roddick said. "At a certain point, I would love it if we got out of our own way."
As the match went on, Kohlschreiber could see Roddick's frustration growing, and took advantage of it. "I started guessing right and returning balls," the 47th-ranked German said. "I took the chances, and he got a little frustrated."
Also, Italy's Fabio Fognini upset 14th seed Viktor Troicki 6-4, 6-1 - his first win over the Serb in three matches. France's Richard Gasquet, the 12th seed, overcame Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 7-6 (4).
On the women's side, former US and French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 14th seed, beat American Jill Craybas 6-3, 6-4. Ninth-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany rallied after losing the first set to pull out a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Slovak Jarmila Gajdosova.
Petkovic felt she almost didn't deserve to win the grueling match, which lasted nearly three hours.
"I feel terrible," she said. "I feel awful, really, because (Gajdosova) was playing incredible. She was just hitting winners all over."
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia also rolled to a 6-0, 6-2 win over American qualifier Alexa Glatch. The former world No. 1 needed just 26 minutes to win the first set and exactly one hour to finish the match.
Also, China's Zheng Jie outslugged Julia Goerges of Germany 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.
The 11th-seeded Roddick received a warning from the chair umpire for flinging his racket to the court after losing the second set in Mason, Ohio.
Then, after double-faulting in the second game of the third set to fall behind 30-40, he smacked a ball high into the stands, which prompted chair umpire Carlos Bernardes to give him a point penalty that put him behind 0-2 in the set.
"Obviously a split-second thing," Roddick said. "Soon as I hit it, I wanted it back."
The German later closed out the match with an ace.
"It was a judgment call for (Bernardes)," Roddick said. "Pretty sure I saw an 8-year-old girl catch it on the way down. He was telling me I hit it as hard as I could. I was like, 'Dude ...'"
Roddick said he'd like to see tennis players get a little more leeway in situations like this. He said John McEnroe, for instance, is "still getting endorsements" because of his legendary temper tantrums on the court.
"I understand where (Bernardes) is coming from, but at a certain point, you know, you hit a tennis ball into a stadium, someone goes home with a souvenir, and it pretty much ruins the match from there" to penalize the player.
"Seems counterproductive," Roddick said. "At a certain point, I would love it if we got out of our own way."
As the match went on, Kohlschreiber could see Roddick's frustration growing, and took advantage of it. "I started guessing right and returning balls," the 47th-ranked German said. "I took the chances, and he got a little frustrated."
Also, Italy's Fabio Fognini upset 14th seed Viktor Troicki 6-4, 6-1 - his first win over the Serb in three matches. France's Richard Gasquet, the 12th seed, overcame Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-1, 7-6 (4).
On the women's side, former US and French Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova, the 14th seed, beat American Jill Craybas 6-3, 6-4. Ninth-seeded Andrea Petkovic of Germany rallied after losing the first set to pull out a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-2 win over Slovak Jarmila Gajdosova.
Petkovic felt she almost didn't deserve to win the grueling match, which lasted nearly three hours.
"I feel terrible," she said. "I feel awful, really, because (Gajdosova) was playing incredible. She was just hitting winners all over."
Ana Ivanovic of Serbia also rolled to a 6-0, 6-2 win over American qualifier Alexa Glatch. The former world No. 1 needed just 26 minutes to win the first set and exactly one hour to finish the match.
Also, China's Zheng Jie outslugged Julia Goerges of Germany 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.
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