Roddick to play Karlovic in final
Roddick stays on course for his third straight Queen's final
Defending champion Andy Roddick recovered from a mid-match
lull to reach the final at Queen's with a 6-3 2-6 6-2 win
over Czech Radek Stepanek. Roddick broke Stepanek in the
second game of the opener with a fiery passing shot and
served out the set with ease.
The roles were reversed in the second, as some sloppy play
from the American saw Stepanek break twice to level.
But Roddick stepped up a gear to claim the decider and set
up a final with unseeded Croat Ivo Karlovic.
The American 22-year-old is aiming to wrap-up a hat-trick
of Queen's victories on Sunday.
"He had me in a stranglehold there for a while so I had to
really bear down and get myself pumped up for the third
set," Roddick told BBC Sport after his win over Stepanek.
"I felt I returned a lot better in the third set."
Karlovic beat Swede Thomas Johansson 6-4 7-6 (9-7) to set
up a final with Roddick.
The 6ft 10" player wasted no time, immediately breaking
Johansson in the first set before calmly serving it out.
The Swede tried to respond in the second, carving out a
set-point at 5-4 but the Croat hit a pair of aces to hold
and enforce the tie-break.
Johansson saved two match-points but netted the ball to
hand Karlovic the win and a surprise final spot.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/4083746.stm
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