Summary
TWO-TIME champion Andy Roddick was pushed to three sets before beating 46th-ranked Sergiy Stakhovsky in the opening round of the Cincinnati Masters.
The ninth-seed cut a frustrated figure after losing a second set tiebreak, throwing his racquet to the ground after conceding it with an unforced error, before recovering to win 6-4 6-7 (7/5) 6-1. Roddick suffered an early exit in Washington last week to drop out of the top-10 for the first time in four years and the 27-yearold was made to battle before booking a secondround meeting with Thiemo de Bekker in two hours and 15 minutes.See the full content of this document
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Andy Toiling to Hit Form
Fellow American Taylor Dent upset Feliciano Lopez 6-3 6-2 and will meet Rafael...
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