Michael A Lutz
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/ 24 April 2005

Roddick powers into clay-court finals

Top-seeded Andy Roddick was broken twice in the first six games on Saturday before charging back to dominate Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-4, 6-2 and reach his fifth straight final at the US Men’s Clay Court Championships. In Sunday’s title match, Roddick will face France’s Sebastien Grosjean.

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/ 20 April 2005

Easy win for Roddick

Top-seeded Andy Roddick needed just 58 minutes to beat qualifier Matias Boeker 6-2, 6-3 on Tuesday in the first round of the US Clay-Court Championships. Defending champion and third-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany also won, beating Kristof Vliegen of Belgium 6-3, 7-5.