[新聞]Champion Roddick outguns Philippoussis at Stella
Champion Roddick outguns Philippoussis at Stella
By Pritha Sarkar
LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Roddick began his quest to win
a hat-trick of Stella Artois titles by outclassing
Australian wildcard Mark Philippoussis 6-2 6-4 to
reach the third round on Wednesday.
The match was expected to be a fierce battle of wills
between the two men who have finished runners-up to
Swiss Roger Federer at Wimbledon over the past two
years.
But Roddick, whose only two defeats on the fast surface
since 2003 have been by Federer, proved to be in a
different league.
Philippoussis kept pace with the American until 2-2
in the first set when second seed Roddick left him
flat-footed behind the baseline with a series of
scorching serves and stinging returns to win four
games on the trot and the set in 24 minutes.
The Australian, winner here in 1997 but needing an
invite to play this year because his ranking has
slipped to 189th in the world, tried to make it a
contest in the second set by toning down his erratic
range of shots.
THE INEVITABLE
The move only delayed the inevitable. Roddick followed
up a break that gave him a 4-3 lead by unleashing a 151
mph delivery, his eighth ace, in the next game to make
his intentions clear.
Philippoussis, clearly lacking match practice after
three months on the sidelines with an ankle injury
before arriving in London, bowed out after 57 minutes
when he tamely stroked a backhand wide on the
American's second match point.
Roddick's win improved his grasscourt record to 22-2
since 2003.
Croatian fifth seed Mario Ancic, the last player to
beat world number one Federer on grass in the first
round at Wimbledon in 2002, began his grasscourt
season by defeating Czech Jan Hernych 6-4 6-4.
The 2004 Wimbledon semi-finalist will play Frenchman
Richard Gasquet in the third round.
With three Britons in action on Wednesday, Jamie
Delgado become the first casualty when he was
overwhelmed 6-4 6-1 by Gasquet.
Greg Rusedski and Andrew Murray will hope to keep
local interest alive when they face Dmitry Tursunov
and Taylor Dent respectively.
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