Roddick Earns Finals in Wimbledon Tuneup

LONDON (AP) -- Second-seeded Andy Roddick and unseeded Nicolas Mahut advanced to the final of the Queen's Club grass-court championships Saturday.

Sharapova wins twice to reach DFS semifinals
BIRMINGHAM, England - Maria Sharapova reached the DFS Classic semifinals by defeating two opponents Saturday - Tamira Peszak and Elena Likhovtseva.

Roddick reaches semis; Nadal bows out in London
London, England (Sports Network) - Three-time champion Andy Roddick was among Friday's quarterfinal winners, while French Open champ Rafael Nadal was shown the exit at the grass-court Artois Championships, a Wimbledon tune-up.

Roddick surprised by Federer's change of plans
By Pritha Sarkar LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Andy Roddick was surprised by Roger Federer's decision to pull out of the Wimbledon warm-up tournament in Halle this week.

Roddick Earns Finals in Wimbledon Tuneup
LONDON Second-seeded Andy Roddick and unseeded Nicolas Mahut advanced to the final of the Queen's Club grass-court championships Saturday.

Sharapova plays catch up to keep title hopes on track
LONDON, June 16 (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova began her quest to play catch-up at the rain-hit Birmingham Classic by winning back-to-back matches on Saturday to reach the semi-finals of the grasscourt championships.

Roddick reaches fourth Queen's final
American Andy Roddick returns to Dmitry Tursanov from Russia in the semi-finals at the Queen's tennis tournament in west London. Roddick reached his fourth Queen's final when he beat Tursunov 6-4, 7-5 in the battle of the big servers on Saturday.

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