Battling off the aftereffects of a mild case of mono and the actions of cruel linesfolk, Andy Roddick is gone from the U.S. Open, after losing his second-round match to Janko Tipsarevic, 6-3, 5-7, 3-6, 6-7 (7-4). If Tipsarevic sounds familiar, if not pronounceable, he should: the Serb dealt Roddick his Wimbledon exit in 2008.
2010 U.S. Open Second Round Result: Upset Andy Roddick Is Upset
Roddick began chivvying the officiating crew in the middle of the third set, after being called for a foot fault. It was hard to catch much of it, but he could clearly be heard yelling, “Why don’t you get some umpires who know what they’re doing?” (Just to make things interesting, he was called for another in the fourth set that broadcast replay showed was clearly not a fault.) The crowd and Roddick’s spirits both seemed to pick up on the energy of his indignation, but he was overpowered in the fourth-set tiebreak at almost precisely the stroke of midnight.
Roddick has never lost in the second round of the U.S. Open. Tipsarevic advances to face Gael Monfils, just in case you need any more help rooting against him.
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