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Top seed Andy Roddick(Above) and defending champion Sam Querrey(Below) advanced Thursday to the quarterfinals at the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships with straight-set victories.
Roddick, a two-time Memphis champion, defeated Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic 6-1, 7-6 (8) and Querrey won 6-3, 7-6 (3) over Brian Dabul to reach the quarterfinals for the fourth time in five Memphis appearances.
After winning the opening set easily against Tipsarevic, who upset Roddick in a second-round match at the U.S. Open last fall, Roddick had to survive two set points in the second-set tiebreak, winning the match when Tipsarevic netted a forehand to end a long rally.
"I felt I played more solid than he did the whole match," Roddick said. "It was just a matter of toughing it out."
Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/news/story?id=6134187
