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Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 at 9:50 am , filed under Tournaments, U.S. Open by Peter Johnson

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Andy Roddick vs Nicolas Almagro Sony Ericssion Open 2010 match on Wednesday, March 31, 2010.

Venue: Crandon Park

Time: 11:00 A.M

Players Report:

American No.1 stary player Andy Roddick will face Nicolas Almagro in the Sony Ericssion Open 2010 match on Wednesday at Cradon Park.

Andy Roddick is the top-ranked American player and the only male American inside the top 10. He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 US Open. Roddick has reached four other Grand Slam finals (Wimbledon three times and the US Open once), losing to Roger Federer each time.

Playing in the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, Roddick went to the semifinals with straight sets wins over Yen-Hsun Lu, Thiemo de Bakker, Jurgen Melzer and Tommy Robredo, continuing a winning record against all his opponents. He then faced Robin Soderling in the semifinals, and despite a 0–2 record against him, won 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. Roddick lost to Ivan Ljubicic 7-6(3), 7-6(5) in the finals. This was Roddick’s first Masters Series finals since the 2006 Cincinnati Masters.

At the 2010 Australian Open, Nicolas Almagro prevailed in long five set matches to beat Xavier Malisse, (8-6 in the 5th set) and Benjamin Becker, (6-3 in the 5th set) in the first two rounds. In the third round, he beat Alejandro Falla with relative ease in three sets; 6-4, 6-3, 6-4. In the fourth round, he was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a 3-6, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(6), 7-9 battle lasting over 4 hours. Almagro played the whole tournament with a broken left wrist, preventing him from exceeding 200 Km/h when serving due to an altered ball-toss.

In Indian wells, Spanish star Nicolas Almagro reached the fourth round before falling to Murray. Now he is in the quarterfinals at the Miami Masters and will challenge Andy Roddick.