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.

Other players to advance to the quarterfinal were Serbia’s Viktor Troicki, over Bobby Reynolds, and Somdev Devvarman, over Robert Kendrick.

Today’s quarterfinal matches are starting earlier in the day but will still run into the evening. North Carolina native John Isner should be facing off against Juan Martín del Potro right about now, hoping to end del Potro’s consecutive streak of 16 victories. After that, Center Court will host Alejandro Falla and Tommy Haas.

Roddick’s match against Troicki is scheduled for Center Court at 7 p.m. Somdev Devvarman a recent graduate of the University of Maryland will face Russia’s Igor Kunitsyn at the evening’s final match.

Photo of Andy Roddick by Boss Tweed