Updated: June 12, 2005, 11:48 AM ET
Roddick prevails over Karlovic to join elite group
LONDON -- Andy Roddick won his third consecutive Stella
Artois Championships title at Queen's on Sunday, defeating
6-foot-10 Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4) to join Lleyton
Hewitt and John McEnroe as the only players to win this
Wimbledon tuneup three straight times.
Roddick reached the Wimbledon final last season and the
semifinal two years ago, losing both times to Roger Federer.
On an overcast, breezy day, Roddick recorded his 15th
straight victory at Queen's. Karlovic, a Croat who relies
on a powerful serve, was playing in his first ATP final
and had not dropped a set at Queen's in reaching the final.
Roddick squandered three break points in the second game
of the first set, and neither player faced another break
chance in the set or match. Roddick won the tiebreaker 9-7,
the victory coming on his fifth set point -- all in the
tiebreaker. In the 41-minute set, Karlovic managed seven
aces and Roddick had five.
In the second set, Roddick won the tiebreaker and the match
with a service winner. He finished with 10 aces, and Karlovic
had 16 in the 80-minute match.
Federer, the defending champion at Wimbledon, will be the
favorite when the Grand Slam event begins June 20, with
Roddick, Hewitt and Marat Safin among the contenders.
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