Roddick has it easy, Isner through
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October 13, 2010, Wednesday
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ANDY Roddick reached the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters at the Qizhong Tennis Center after Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany retired ill yesterday.
Kohlschreiber stopped while trailing 3-6, 1-2 after missing an easy overhead, shanking a forehand wide, and double-faulting to drop his serve.
Roddick, in and out of the top-10 rankings for the last two months, is looking to avoid falling out of the year-end top 10 for the first time in nine seasons. The 11th-ranked Roddick reached the Japan Open quarterfinals last week, his first tournament since an early exit at the US Open.
"I thought I hit the ball well in what we did play today. I started to hit the ball pretty well last week, also," Roddick said. "I don't feel like I'm fighting myself out there. After the Open, I was able to train the way I want to for the first time in a while."
Fellow American John Isner fought off five match points in the two tiebreakers to beat Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 4-6, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (7) in 2 hours, 50 minutes. Isner served 24 aces, but failed to break Kubot once.
Next up for Isner is third-seeded Roger Federer, who received a bye in the first round.
In the only second-round match yesterday, Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic defeated Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-0, 6-4, despite the fact he's been battling stomach problems for the past two days.
"I felt quite weak so I was trying to play a little more aggressively, play really risky shots just to try to hang in there," Berdych said. "I was really lucky I don't know what could have happened if I lost the second set."
Seventh-seeded Berdych could meet Roddick next if the American gets past Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
David Ferrer of Spain, runner-up at the China Open in Beijing to Novak Djokovic, rolled past Michael Llodra of France, 7-6 (2), 6-1, while Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia struggled to beat another Chinese wildcard, 308th-ranked Zhang Ze 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic beat Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-4, and Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver rallied past Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 before rain shortened the schedule.
Meanwhile, world No. 2 Djokovic is buoyant after winning last week in Beijing.
"I don't think it's going to be a big disadvantage because I did it last year when I won Beijing and played semifinals here. I felt good. So there is no reason for me to believe that it's going to affect my game," said Djokovic.
Kohlschreiber stopped while trailing 3-6, 1-2 after missing an easy overhead, shanking a forehand wide, and double-faulting to drop his serve.
Roddick, in and out of the top-10 rankings for the last two months, is looking to avoid falling out of the year-end top 10 for the first time in nine seasons. The 11th-ranked Roddick reached the Japan Open quarterfinals last week, his first tournament since an early exit at the US Open.
"I thought I hit the ball well in what we did play today. I started to hit the ball pretty well last week, also," Roddick said. "I don't feel like I'm fighting myself out there. After the Open, I was able to train the way I want to for the first time in a while."
Fellow American John Isner fought off five match points in the two tiebreakers to beat Polish qualifier Lukasz Kubot 4-6, 7-6 (9), 7-6 (7) in 2 hours, 50 minutes. Isner served 24 aces, but failed to break Kubot once.
Next up for Isner is third-seeded Roger Federer, who received a bye in the first round.
In the only second-round match yesterday, Wimbledon finalist Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic defeated Tommy Robredo of Spain 6-0, 6-4, despite the fact he's been battling stomach problems for the past two days.
"I felt quite weak so I was trying to play a little more aggressively, play really risky shots just to try to hang in there," Berdych said. "I was really lucky I don't know what could have happened if I lost the second set."
Seventh-seeded Berdych could meet Roddick next if the American gets past Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.
David Ferrer of Spain, runner-up at the China Open in Beijing to Novak Djokovic, rolled past Michael Llodra of France, 7-6 (2), 6-1, while Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia struggled to beat another Chinese wildcard, 308th-ranked Zhang Ze 5-7, 6-3, 6-4.
Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic beat Kazakhstan's Andrey Golubev 6-3, 6-4, and Spain's Daniel Gimeno-Traver rallied past Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 before rain shortened the schedule.
Meanwhile, world No. 2 Djokovic is buoyant after winning last week in Beijing.
"I don't think it's going to be a big disadvantage because I did it last year when I won Beijing and played semifinals here. I felt good. So there is no reason for me to believe that it's going to affect my game," said Djokovic.
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