Roddick: Attempting to reach his third Memphis final.
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Roddick Roars Into Quarterfinals
Top seed Andy Roddick cruised through to the quarterfinals
of the Kroger St. Jude with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over
French qualifier Sebastien de Chaunac in Memphis.
Roddick took just 65 minutes and fired down 15 aces - including three in his opening service game - to book his place in the last eight, where he will meet Sweden's Thomas Enqvist.
Roddick broke de Chaunac in the opening game of the match and again at 5-3 to take the first set in 30 minutes. The second set went with serve until eighth game when the 2002 Memphis champion Roddick converted his third break point of the game to serve for the match, and then held to love.
After his 2-hour, 20 minute match against Todd Martin in the first round, Roddick was feeling more at home against de Chaunac. "I think every time you visit a court you become more and more comfortable with the surroundings," said Roddick. "It was a different type of match tonight - there were a lot more rallies which allowed me to get into the flow a little bit more, and I didn't have someone constantly pressuring me, so it was little bit more relaxed for me tonight."
Speaking about his opponent, Roddick added: "I'd never seen him play before tonight and he surprised me. Early on he might have been a little bit nervous, but in the second set I thought he played pretty solid and didn't make many errors. He's a high, slow looper, which makes it tough to take full cuts because it's deep and high and finally I was able to get the break in the second. I felt like I served a lot better tonight than I did last night and that was big for me."
Roddick, who has a 1-1 record against Enqvist, losing their first match in Stuttgart in 2001 but winning their last encounter at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells last year, said of the Swede: "He has stellar indoor record over his career - I've lost to him indoors before. I have to serve well against him, he goes for his shots a lot and he can dictate points, so I'm definitely going to have to try to hold my own and look for some opportunities to try to break his serve."
Roddick took just 65 minutes and fired down 15 aces - including three in his opening service game - to book his place in the last eight, where he will meet Sweden's Thomas Enqvist.
Roddick broke de Chaunac in the opening game of the match and again at 5-3 to take the first set in 30 minutes. The second set went with serve until eighth game when the 2002 Memphis champion Roddick converted his third break point of the game to serve for the match, and then held to love.
After his 2-hour, 20 minute match against Todd Martin in the first round, Roddick was feeling more at home against de Chaunac. "I think every time you visit a court you become more and more comfortable with the surroundings," said Roddick. "It was a different type of match tonight - there were a lot more rallies which allowed me to get into the flow a little bit more, and I didn't have someone constantly pressuring me, so it was little bit more relaxed for me tonight."
Speaking about his opponent, Roddick added: "I'd never seen him play before tonight and he surprised me. Early on he might have been a little bit nervous, but in the second set I thought he played pretty solid and didn't make many errors. He's a high, slow looper, which makes it tough to take full cuts because it's deep and high and finally I was able to get the break in the second. I felt like I served a lot better tonight than I did last night and that was big for me."
Roddick, who has a 1-1 record against Enqvist, losing their first match in Stuttgart in 2001 but winning their last encounter at the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells last year, said of the Swede: "He has stellar indoor record over his career - I've lost to him indoors before. I have to serve well against him, he goes for his shots a lot and he can dictate points, so I'm definitely going to have to try to hold my own and look for some opportunities to try to break his serve."
