Tennis: Roddick avenges loss to Istomin in Florida
DELRAY BEACH, Florida: Andy Roddick beat Denis Istomin in straight sets Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the Delray Beach ATP tournament, avenging his loss to the Uzbek a fortnight...
March 02, 2012
Roddick, the fourth seed, converted all three of his break chances to book his second quarter-final appearance of the season with a 6-4, 7-5 victory.
Istomin had beaten Roddick in the quarters en route to the final at San Jose, California, in February, before falling to Canadian Milos Raonic in the title match.
Roddick, 29, next faces seventh-seeded South African Kevin Anderson.
Anderson took his 2012 record to 7-4 with a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 victory over two-time former Delray Beach champion Xavier Malisse of Belgium.
Fifth-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber reached the quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Croatian Ivan Dodig, breaking him twice in each set to secure victory in 78 minutes.
In his match against Israel's Dudi Sela, who beat Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-4, 6-4, Kohlschreiber will be aiming for his third semi-final of the season, after making the last four in Auckland and Montpellier.
In the other quarter-finals decided on Wednesday, top-seeded American John Isner faces eighth-seeded Australian Bernard Tomic and former champion Ernests Gulbis of Latvia will play Australian qualifier Marinko Matosevic. (AFP)
