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Roddick stuns Federer in three-set thriller in Miami

Irish Sun (IANS) Tuesday 27th March, 2012

American Andy Roddick stunned third-seeded and World No.3 Roger Federer 7-6 (7-4), 1-6, 6-4 in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open, Miami 2012, tennis tournament.

For Roddick the win against the Swiss was the third time in 24 career meetings. Two of Roddick's wins over the 16-time major champion have come at Crandon Park. The 31st-seeded Roddick, in the round of 16, will play 21st seed Juan Monaco, who rallied to beat 14th-seeded Gael Monfils 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

'It was kind of a game of chess. I stayed back on the returns, which is something I have not done with him often early on. I think he might have been a little bit surprised by it,' Roddick was quoted as saying by the tournament website after the win here Monday.

'He made the adjustment like he does because he's Roger. He started coming in a lot and putting the pressure on me, and it was 6-1 in the second and 0/40 early in the third. It was apparent that that wasn't going to work much longer.

'So I said, 'Well, all right. Let's kinda go over the top aggressive.' I was able to get out of that game and play that really good game to break, and then my serve held up from there,' Roddick added.

After losing the first set tie-break, Federer found his groove on return, breaking the American three times to even the match at one-set all.

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