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10.08.08, 11:53
LOS ANGELES (AP)—Andy Roddick overpowered Denis Gremelmayr 6-2, 6-2 Saturday night to set up a showdown against Juan Martin del Potro for the Countrywide Classic title.
Del Potro, a rangy 19-year-old Argentine who’s on a roll, made quick work of Mardy Fish in taking a 6-2, 6-1 victory in their afternoon semifinal.
The top-seeded Roddick, looking for his third ATP championship of the year and 26th of his career, rode his serve-and-volley game and solid groundstrokes to the easy win over his 26-year-old German foe.
Roddick is ranked ninth and Gremelmayr is 89th, and the match went to form. The American broke service when Gremelmayr double-faulted in the fourth game of the opening set and was in command the rest of the way.
The match, which lasted just an hour and two minutes, ended when Gremelmayr hit a volley into the net. Roddick gave a quick arm pump and waved to the crowd.
Roddick, del Potro breeze into final (http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_ylt=AobIwnWjpwTTMsrqzkhfxGg4v7YF?slug=ap-losangeles&prov=ap&type=lgns)
Del Potro, a rangy 19-year-old Argentine who’s on a roll, made quick work of Mardy Fish in taking a 6-2, 6-1 victory in their afternoon semifinal.
The top-seeded Roddick, looking for his third ATP championship of the year and 26th of his career, rode his serve-and-volley game and solid groundstrokes to the easy win over his 26-year-old German foe.
Roddick is ranked ninth and Gremelmayr is 89th, and the match went to form. The American broke service when Gremelmayr double-faulted in the fourth game of the opening set and was in command the rest of the way.
The match, which lasted just an hour and two minutes, ended when Gremelmayr hit a volley into the net. Roddick gave a quick arm pump and waved to the crowd.
Roddick, del Potro breeze into final (http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_ylt=AobIwnWjpwTTMsrqzkhfxGg4v7YF?slug=ap-losangeles&prov=ap&type=lgns)