Tipsarevic bends A-Rod
Sept. 2: Andy Murray cruised through his first match at the US Open while an angry Andy Roddick crashed out on Wednesday, fuming over a foot-fault call. The fourth-seeded Murray had a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over Slovakia’s Lukas Lacko, but other big-name players made early exits.
Roddick went out in the second round with a 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-7(4) loss to 44th-ranked Janko Tipsarevic. Roddick’s elimination had drama of a different sort. Already trailing 2-5 in the third, Roddick wound up in an argument over a foot-fault call on a first serve. He turned to the official and asked, “What foot?” When she told him it was his right foot, he replied, “That’s impossible.” Roddick then turned to chair umpire Enric Molina and, pointing first to his right foot, then his left, asked, “Has THIS foot gone in front of THAT foot ever in my career?” Molina replied: “Not in my matches.”
A TV replay showed Roddick did commit a foot fault — but with his left toes. Former US Open champions Kim Clijsters and Venus Williams and French Open finalists Francesca Schiavone and Sam Stosur all progressed, but the main talking point in the women’s draw was the dramatic collapse of 10th seeded Victoria Azarenka.
Clijsters steamrolled 19-year-old Australian qualifier Sally Peers, 6-2, 6-1 while Venus Williams beat Canada’s Rebecca Marino 7-6 (3), 6-3.
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