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RODDICK BEATS RAONIC

Andy Roddick has defeated Milos Raonic of Canada in an exhibition match played at Air Canada Centre on Friday. Roddick won the match by 6-4, 4-6, 10-7. Roddick who has recently announced his retirement from professional tennis had to work hard for this victory. The Canadian youngster lost the first set, but, he didn’t give up and bounced back. However, he wasn’t able to hold his nerves towards the end of the final set and ended up losing the match.

In the first set, Raonic didn’t have a very good start. He held his service in the first game, but, after that, he lost three games consecutively. Roddick got a breakthrough in the third game and he served out the next game. At the end of the fourth game, the score card was showing 3-1 in Roddick’s favour. Roddick kept the lead till the end of the set and won the set by 6-4.

But, in the second set, Raonic bounced back. In the first six games, both the players held their service. Raonic got a breakpoint in the seventh game and the local boy grabbed that opportunity with both hands. He broke Roddick’s service and then, held his service in the next game to enhance his lead to 5-3. Roddick reduced Raonic’s lead to 5-4 with a serve hold in the ninth game. The American needed a breakthrough in the 10^th game to extend the set, but, he didn’t manage to do so and lost the set.

In the third and final set, there was close competition between the two players and the set went into the tie breaker. Raonic couldn’t soak the pressure towards the end and made quite a few mistakes which helped Roddick in winning the tie breaker and thus, the match as well.

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LOSING TO LOPEZ

Andy Roddick’s countryman, Ryan Harrison, has been defeated by Feliciano Lopez of Spain in the first round of the China Open 2012. Lopez won the match by 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-2. In the first couple of sets, both the players gave each other a tough fight. But, in the final set, it was all about Lopez. The Spaniard just outclassed Harrison in the third set and knocked him out of the tournament. Lopez took 2 hours and 10 minutes to win the match.

Lopez was off to a terrific start in the match. He broke Harrison’s service in the third game and then, further enhanced the lead by holding his service in the next game. At the end of the fourth game, the score was 3-1 in the favour of Lopez. But, the Spaniard didn’t manage to keep the lead till the end of the set. His service was broken in the sixth game and the scores were levelled. There were no breakthroughs in the next 6 games and the set went into the tie breaker. Lopez didn’t give any chance to Harrison in the tie breaker and won the first set.

In the second set, both the players made a decent start. There were no breakthroughs in the first 10 games and the scores were levelled at 5-5. Harrison got a breakpoint in the 11^th game and he didn’t miss that chance. He latched on it to make the score 6-5. He served out the next game easily to win the second set by 7-5.

In the final set, both the players held their service in the first four games and the scores were levelled at 2-2. But, after that, it was Lopez all the way. The Spaniard won the last four games in a row to finish off the match.

In the second round, Lopez will face Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan.

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