LONDON -- Andy Roddick benefited from the replay system at
Queen's Club on Thursday, then held on to beat Alex Bogdanovic of
Britain 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the third round of the Wimbledon
warm-up tournament.
Roddick, who had 22 aces, was tied at 5-5 in the tiebreaker when
he asked for Hawk-Eye to challenge a call. The decision was
overturned, giving the American a set point and taking away a match
point for his 117th-ranked opponent.
"I've been a big supporter of Hawk-Eye and today is the reason
why," Roddick said. "There's a big difference between being down
match point and up set point. Needless to say, I would have been a
little perturbed if they'd have got that one wrong."
Bogdanovic also benefited from the replay system. Trailing 5-4
and facing a set point, he challenged a fault and Hawk-Eye showed
that it was an ace.
"I though Alex played a good match," Roddick said. "He kept
the pressure on me from the first ball and I was lucky to get out
of there today."
Rain ended play for the day as top-seeded Rafael Nadal was
scheduled to serve for the match while leading Max Mirnyi of
Belarus 7-6 (3), 5-3.
Games went easily with serve in the opening set, before Nadal
dominated the tiebreaker. Rain halted play for more than an hour
early in the second set, and when play resumed Nadal broke to lead
3-1 after a backhand error from Mirnyi.
Fernando Gonzalez of Chile also advanced, beating Robby Ginepri
of the United States 6-2, 7-5. Croatian qualifier Marin Cilic
defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
In the second round, eighth-seeded Marat Safin beat Sebastien
Grosjean of France 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in a match that had been suspended
overnight.
The Russian won all six points played Thursday but then lost 7-6
(3), 7-6 (4) to 2006 finalist Ivo Karlovic of Croatia.
In other third-round matches, fifth-seeded Ivan Ljubicic of
Croatia led Nicolas Mahut of France 4-3 before rain interrupted
play, and fourth-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia failed to get on
court against 14th-seeded Arnaud Clement of France.