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  • Ghost of Davis Cup defeat trails Roddick to China

    9/23/08 8:25 AM | Johan Lindahl
    - The ghost of a weekend Davis Cup loss in Spain has followed Andy Roddick all the way to Beijing, with the American haunted by the presence of top seed David Ferrer in the draw of the China Open.

    Roddick went down on clay in Madrid to both Ferrer and Rafael Nadal and could face Ferrer in a China Open final should the No. 1 and No. 2 in the field get to the last day.

    But Roddick still must digest what went wrong on the clay of a Madrid bullring as Spain slapped the defending champion US in a semi-final. Ferrer started the job in opening singles with Nadal finishing it off two days later.

    "I don't think you could draw up a tougher situation than Nadal on clay away with this crowd," said the American. "That's probably the toughest match that you can think of. Even playing Roger on grass, at least you can serve and the points are a little bit quicker."

    The disappointed Roddick called his straight-sets loss "high-risk, high-reward.... He's rough on this surface."

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at least Andy did his best and is objective enough to give credit to his opponents despite his defeat. He's still one of the best in the game.

agf25agf , 9/23/08 1:40 PM



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