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Written by DCist contributor Joe Parilla

              

In his fourth match of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic, a semifinal contest against fellow American John Isner, #1 Andy Roddick was tested early and often, losing the his first set of the tournament and struggling to convert on break points. But finally, on serve at 5-5 in the third and decisive set, Roddick solved the powerful 6' 9" Isner (the last unseeded player standing) to earn a break, following up with a solid service game to close out the match 6-7(3), 6-2, 7-5 before an appreciative capacity crowd at the Fitzgerald Tennis Center. When painted into corners, Roddick was often brilliant on the move, making risky shots just out of Isner's reach for forehand winners.

             

You go into a match with Ivo Karlovic assuming you're not going to break his serve. Or, in the words of Andy Roddick, "getting down an early break against Karlovic is a recipe for disaster." Fortunately for Roddick, he had never before dropped a service game to the Croat, a point raised he raised last evening in anticipation of the match and worried would jinx him today.

              

Andy Roddick earned his 500th career win yesterday evening, defeating fellow American Sam Querrey in Rock Creek Park. The milestone puts him in an elite rank of only four active players that includes Roger Federer, Lleyton Hewitt, and Carlos Moya. The win puts him in today's quarterfinal round.

              

Crowd favorite Andy Roddick had little trouble with Benjamin Becker last night, cruising to a straight set victory (6-3, 6-2) in his first match of the tournament. After an extended break since his defeat to Roger Federer in the Wimbeldon final, Roddick was far from the top of his service game, landing only 58 percent of his firsts and routinely hitting in the one hundred and teens -- though at one point he did hit 145 mph on the radar gun. But his arching, powerful forehand and ability to paint the lines was more than enough for a victory in a tight 55 minutes. Speaking of his first match in four weeks, Roddick said that his "movement felt real good. I felt that I had decent control over spins and placement and good ball control." He acknowledged the large stadium court crowd -- organizers announced a sold-out evening -- who rewarded him with thunderous applause that only grew louder when the emcee acknowledged his performance at Wimbledon last month.

Things heat up in Rock Creek Park this evening as the man many local tennis fans have been waiting for, Andy Roddick, finally takes the court at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic. Roddick, in his first action since Wimbledon, will face Benjamin (no relation to Boris) Becker no earlier than 7 p.m., after Becker outlasted American Robby Ginepri last night in a closely contested match featuring multiple tiebreakers. Roddick was originally scheduled to play last night. But after Becker reached the doubles final at the L.A. Tennis Open last Sunday, his opening match versus Ginepri got pushed back to yesterday -- hence delaying the match against Roddick by one day. Understanding the disappointment for fans that purchased Tuesday tickets expecting to see him, Roddick has set aside 150 free tickets for fans holding stubs from yesterday. The tickets can be picked up on a first come, first served basis from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Lacoste store in Georgetown. In other Tuesday results: Juan Martin del Porto, Tommy Haas, and Juan Carlos Ferrero all needed a full three sets to advance last night, and a qualifier, Somdev Devarrman, was the first to pick off a seeded player, taking down Croat Marin Cilic in straight sets. Other highlights of tonight's action include Lleyton Hewitt battling Dudi Sela in an intimate grandstand match and American John Isner against the tournament's number 3 seed, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Washington tennis fans have just barely had time to digest the Washington Kastles' triumphant World Team Tennis championship. But on the heels of their dramatic victory, it's time once again for a longer-standing rite of D.C. summers: the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.

     

21 minutes. That's how long it took top seeded Andy Roddick to win the first set from unheralded Serbian Viktor Troicki. Roddick's fall from grace, however, lasted a bit longer. Troicki found his game soon after, breaking Roddick's massive serve twice in the second set and continually frustrating the top seed with his off pace ground strokes, taking the final two sets for a 0-6, 6-2, 6-4. win. Roddick seemed confused as to what to do when his forehand was no longer blowing Troicki off the court. His confidence shaken, he started dumping groundstrokes into the net with regularity and became visibly frustrated.

The top seed at the Legg Mason Classic, the fast-hitting Andy Roddick, has not exactly coasted on his way to defend his championship this year. In his second-round match last night, he dropped the first set to Argentina's Eduardo Schwank, 4-6. Roddick won the second set, but Schwank pressed Roddick into a tie-breaker for the match, which Roddick won without too much trouble.

             

Washington's most important tennis event, the Legg Mason Classic, got under way this week. Most of the major names in men's tennis are in Beijing this month, but ninth-ranked Andy Roddick, skipping the Olympics to be ready for the U.S. Open, decided to come back to the FitzGerald Tennis Center in Rock Creek Park to defend his title. Roddick is favored to win a second consecutive Legg Mason title, but he was happy to survive the first round, when all but three of the eight seeded players were upset. That included the former world no. 1 player Marat Safin, whom some put in the running to challenge Roddick. Safin resigned his first match after pulling a muscle in his neck.

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DCist cannot tell a lie. We were more than a little disappointed (although somewhat elated as we had yet to purchase tickets) to hear that Andre Agassi has withdrawn from this year's Legg Mason Tennis Classic to better focus on the upcoming US Open. Agassi, a five time champion of the event, won his first tournament of the year last weekend in Los Angeles and opted to take this week off, lest his back problems flare up again. This will mark the first time since 1990 that Agassi has not played the event.

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