Sunday, February 20, 2011

Andy Roddick wins Memphis Title by beating Raonic in 3 sets

Andy Roddick wins Memphis Title by beating Raonic in 3 sets

Andy Roddick scored a thrilling 7-6 6-7 7-5 win over Milos Raonic to win the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships title in Memphis.

This is Roddick's 30th title, he also has at least one title in 11 straight years.

“I think I was very fortunate. I feel like I got outplayed, I just stuck around and kept trying,” Roddick said. “What a memorable 30th victory for me. I couldn’t be happier to do it in Memphis.”

Raonic who won the title in San Jose last week will move to around No. 37 in the ATP rankings.

Roddick started slowly with a couple of double-faults and fought off a couple break points to hold serve. They reached the tie break where Roddick broke twice to go up 8-7 and served an ace to take the first set.

They broke each other’s serve early in the second set before holding serve into another tiebreaker. Raonic converted on his third set point after Roddick hit a backhand wide off his serve and then hit a forehand long.

In the third set, Roddick had a chance to close out the match early as he broke Raonic and held serve to go up 4-1. But the Canadian broke back to pull to 4-3. The American was up 5-4 with a chance to break Raonic at 30-40 only to put a backhand into the net. Facing deuce, Raonic served up his 150-mph ace and then hit a backhand crosscourt for the winner.

Raonic tied the final game at 30 when Roddick put a forehand into the net by doing the same. Roddick sealed the match by diving to put his racket on the ball for a winner down the line that broke Raonic for the victory.

“I think I may be on one of the YouTube most-viewed points,” Raonic said. “I was on the wrong end of the court. But at least I’ll be on the (description).”



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