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Roddick ousted in Washington

Fri, 06/08/2010 - 11:57 by Prince damin

Washington -- Top-seeded Tomas Berdych survived a scare Thursday and No. 2 seed Andy Roddick was eliminated in the second round of the Legg Mason Classic.

The entire second round was scheduled for Thursday and the day's action was delayed by rain. Matches went on late into the night, however, so as to complete the round and set up Friday's quarterfinals.

Berdych, competing in a tournament for the first time since reaching the Wimbledon final, captured his second straight three-sets match. He fought off Andrey Golubev 6-3, 5-7, 7-5.

The three-time champion Roddick went quietly against Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-3.

Berdych reaches third round in Washington

Thu, 05/08/2010 - 09:49 by Prince damin

WWashington -- Tomas Berdych, playing for the first time since his surprising Wimbledon run, avoided an upset bid Wednesday to advance at the Legg Mason Classic.

The top-seeded Berdych defeated Dmitry Tursunov 7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 6-1 to set up a third-round meeting with Andrey Golubev. The 16th-seeded Golubev ousted Kristof Vliegen 6-2, 7-6 (9-7).

Berdych defeated Roger Federer in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon and downed Novak Djokovic in the semifinals before falling in straight sets to Rafael Nadal in the championship match.

He received a bye past the first round of this tournament.