Andy Roddick advances to third round
Published:Thursday | June 25, 2009 | 12:21 PM
Andy Roddick has advanced to the third round at Wimbledon by beating Igor Kunitsyn of Russia 6-4, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 today.
Playing on sunny Court one, the Number 6-seeded American hit 18 aces and lost serve only once.
He will next play Number 26 Jurgen Melzer of Austria.
In another men’s match, former champion Lleyton Hewitt gave his best performance in years to beat fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 7-5, 7-5.
The Australian will next play the winner of the all-German clash between Philipp Petzschner and Mischa Zverev.
In the women’s draw, defending champion Venus Williams breezed into the third round with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Ukraine\'s Kateryna Bondarenko.
Top seed Dinara Safina overcame Rossana De Los Rios 6-3, 7-5 and Svetlana Kuznetsova, seeded fifth, claimed a 6-1, 6-3 win against Pauline Parmentier.
Former world number one Ana Ivanovic, seeded 13th, beat Sara Errani 7-5, 6-1.