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Jurgen Melzer © Tennistalk.com
BNP Paribas Open
4th round
3/18/10 1 2 Tot
at  Jurgen Melzer 6 4 0
us  Andy Roddick 7 6 2
Andy Roddick © Tennistalk.com
Viktor Troicki © Tennistalk.com
BNP Paribas Open
4th round
3/17/10 1 2 Tot
rs  Viktor Troicki 1 3 0
cz  Tomas Berdych 6 6 2
Tomas Berdych © Tennistalk.com

  • Roddick, Berdych reach Indian Wells quarters

    3/18/10 3:51 PM | Ricky Dimon
    Andy Roddick beats Jurgen Melzer in straight sets on Wednesday night. Roddick is joined in the Indian Wells quarterfinals by Tomas Berdych, who eased past Viktor Troicki.

    (7) Andy Roddick d. (22) Jurgen Melzer 7-6(5), 6-4

    Roddick extended his perfect record against Melzer with a straight-set victory on Wednesday night in the fourth round of the BNP Paribas Open. The result? Another head-to-head matchup in which Roddick is undefeated. The eighth-ranked American is also 10-0 against Tommy Robredo, who dismissed Marcos Baghdatis to reach the quarterfinals.

    Although he has never lost to Melzer, Roddick was at least somewhat tested in Indian Wells. Neither man faced a single break point on the way to a first-set tiebreaker, which began with three straight mini-breaks. The No. 7 seed dropped his opening service point, but he recovered for two immediate return points and took care of his serve from there. Melzer saved set points at 3-6 and 4-6, but his opponent finished it off with a perfect drop-volley.

    The 28th-ranked Austrian held his first two games of the second set with ease, but he suddenly donated his first double-fault of the match on break point at 2-2. That was all Roddick needed and he served out the proceedings the rest of the way. Roddick finished with 13 aces without double-faulting and he won 80 percent of his first-serve points.

    (19) Tomas Berdych d. (29) Viktor Troicki 6-1, 6-3

    After annihilating Fernando Verdasco in round three, Berdych kept up his fine form and dismantled Troicki in just one hour and 11 minutes on Wednesday. The 19th-seeded Czech did not hit a single ace nor did he double-fault, but he used an overwhelming all-court game to set up a quarterfinal showdown with Rafael Nadal.

    Troicki, meanwhile, played only one game of tennis on his way to the fourth round (bye, retirement, walkover) and he showed some obvious rust. The Serb won barely more than half of the points even when he put in his first serve and he was completely hopeless (39 percent) when he allowed Berdych to dictate play by getting a look at a second offering.



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